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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've heard that at some places legacy is most valuable if your child applies ED. I've even heard that if your child is a legacy it can be a negative if they don't apply ED and their chances in RD go down, though I'm not sure about that. And I think this all varies a lot from school to school.

And some schools like siblings.[/quote]

Honestly, these rumors are tedious. What you’ve heard versus the reality is different.

It depends entirely on specifics and the strength of your kid’s application. For marginal kid you may be right. But they likely weren’t getting in anyway. How many other institutional priorities did the kid hit in the review process other than legacy? If you haven’t hit more than one, your chances are slim.

My kid got into our double parent legacy T10 in regular decision.
Also multiple other T20.
This entirely depends on the applicants profile…. and how much engagement you’ve had with the school.[/quote]

Glad you can generalize on one data point. I know several kids who got into peer schools, are even arguably better schools, RD while they were rejected from their parents alma mater RD, often with parents who were fairly actively involved - not huge donors, but consistently gave something and went to reunions, etc. I am smart enough to know that there are countless factors that go into this so even though I have a few data points I would not generalize, which is why, unlike most DCUM posters who are so ridiculously self-assured and think they know everything, I led with "I've heard" rather than "I know" to reflect that it is likely not a universal conclusion, particularly not across different schools.

For all of these things, the exception to the rule is the rule. Which is why it is important to know the details of the specific schools one is focused on, though even then, the schools are unlikely to give a straight answer on something like this and there will be data points showing conflicting information.[/quote]

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