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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The days of being able to get on on legacy basis alone ended a long time ago.[/quote] One would hope. The point is the legacies get in when there is tie between candidates. In practice, this means the non-legacies have to be better than the legacies to get in. [/quote] No way. Legacy boosts are huge-a few selective schools have gotten rid of them on moral grounds (like MIT). https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/586465/ [quote]Applying to college as a legacy is like having a superpower. It has been estimated to double or quadruple one’s chances of getting into a highly selective school, and has been found to be roughly equivalent to a 160-point boost on the SAT. At the most selective institutions in the United States, it’s typical for 10 to 15 percent of students to have a parent who also attended.[/quote][/quote]
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