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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The daughter of a friend of mine learned to do taxes and did volunteer work filing returns for the elderly.

She was admitted to Yale.[/quote]

Is this her essay?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/11/your-money/college-essay-topic-money-social-class.html[/quote]

Yes--what a surprise to see that her essay on her volunteer work was published.

Her father did go to Yale--per another PP--but legacy status doesn't get you that far these days, just a bit of a boost.  The really smart daughter of a friend of mine with outstanding ECs who was a double legacy from Harvard didn't even make it to the wait list there.[/quote]

Just because your friend's kid didn't make it doesn't mean that legacy student is a "minor" boost.

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How much of a boost do they get? A 2011 study of 30 elite institutions found that the children of undergraduate alumni ("primary legacies") were, on average, 45.1% more likely to get in.
Yale says it admits 20 to 25% of legacy applicants. It admitted 6.7% overall this year.[/quote][/quote]

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