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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I have noticed any trend over the years it is not legacy admits per se, but rather the graduating senior/ child of head of annual giving parents gets the plum HYP admit

Doubly so if that Board/ key fund raiser is member is a URM or the kid is bright enough but just not valedictorian bright.

Legacy not so much a shoe in, but bring in 2 mill in annual giving and smile while doing it and, yeah, your kid gets the Harvard offer for the school[/quote]

Why would Harvard care about what some kids parents raised for their high school? The longer this thread goes on the dumber the wisdom. [/quote]

Board member or recent board member for sure to HYP[/quote]

They don't.

The influence is exerted on the people writing the Recs for the applicants- or not- for other applicants[/quote]

and they'd exert this influence even knowing that pretty significant intervening factor exists, i.e, the admissions office at the college, which may  or may not take the kid no matter how great their rec letter is. This isn't the case where STA decides who gets in or not.

the school's ultimate interest is getting as many college admits as they can for their scorecard - it would be interesting that they would self-sabotage to this extent for a wholly uncertain outcome.[/quote]

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