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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The overabundance is relevant because a college is only going to take a limited number from each school. And out of the 20 Harvard legacies at Sidwell, the ones at the top of the class will get the limited number of acceptances, and the non-legacies with no hooks haven't got a chance, no matter how good their numbers are.[/quote] If you're comparing two sufficiently qualified Sidwell applicants who are largely indistinguishable on paper and one is a legacy while the other has no hooks, then yes, I agree that the legacy will get a bump. But if you have someone with no hooks who's even more qualified (not an athlete, but super-pointy in other ways), I have a hard time believing that they get passed over for a legacy who's qualified but not as strong on paper.[/quote]
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