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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you look at the HM matriculation insta, some of the toddlers in the photos are wearing UPenn-branded shirts.  They are now going to... well, I don't want to give out the spoiler.[/quote]

Or maybe they would have gotten in anyway, but the family connection and school spirit indoctrination is why they chose Penn over, say, Dartmouth.[/quote]

That is unfortunately the way the game is played. Some schools count legacies a fair amount. And at least some of them primarily count it if you apply ED. So do you apply ED to your legacy school, even if it isn't your top choice? And even if you aren't a huge donor, your odds of getting in as a legacy are often better than the odds of getting into a slightly less competitive school unhooked - the kid of an active legacy at Duke (even if they don't give a ton) might have a better chance of getting into Duke ED than Northwestern or Emory unhooked, even though in general Duke is a tougher admit.[/quote]
I mean... people make these statements, but what is the data that you are basing this on?[/quote]

There is no data. Every situation is different. And this doesn't 100% apply in every case.  Which is why the process is so hard. But I know some schools (including Duke) have made it clear that legacy counts a lot more ED than RD. That's why I said "might" - unlike so many others here, I admit that I am not the be all, end all most knowledgeable but I am hypothesizing based on my greater than zero knowledge of the situation. I think that in a lot of situations my theory is correct, but I'm sure much of the time it is wrong.

College admissions has unfortunately turned into a horrible exercise in game theory. Much of it is because the schools are so obsessed with gaming the system - yield management is huge. It is too bad they weren't funneling all of the money they spend on yield management models and professionals into keep tuition more reasonable.[/quote]

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