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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Looking at the Gore kids' bios now, it seems like at least 3/4 graduated from Harvard (not sure about Sarah). Let's assume there was some sort of legacy/name thing that worked in their favor then ... Does the same sort of influence still work today -- or have we moved beyond that in the past 20-30 years? (Sorry if this question is naive; I'm genuinely wondering.)[/quote]

If you are a run-of-the-mill legacy (i.e. your parent went to an Ivy but they are not influential or very wealthy) then that doesn’t carry as much weight as it used to. But if your parent was Vice President, yes, Harvard will accept you. That will be true forever.[/quote]

+1. One of the Bush cousins was at Princeton while he was President.  Some journalist did a report on famous/rich/legacy kids getting into Ivy League schools and found that her SAT scores were pretty mediocre.  But her last name was Bush.[/quote]

How does this become known? Just as the student fills out the alumni connections part of their application? Because Bush is a common last name. What if the entire family went to Yale and the kid is trying to get into Harvard? How is that made known when there isn’t a huge donation but it’s really about the name? [/quote]

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