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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a Harvard grad and think admissions has now become a total crap-shoot.  The only two "outlier" stories I am away of (which may be true but I can't personally verify) was a young man who had managed to become an EMT with the local volunteer fire department before applying.  His grades were in the B range.  I don't remember his test scores.  But you can imagine his essays were amazing.  The other I am told is true: the head of the orchestra is walking with the director of admissions across the quad and the director of admissions says "Bill, something's troubling you?". Bill says "No, just working out in my head how we are going to do this piece - not enough oboeists".  Next year, 12 oboeists in the freshman class.  Even if not true, I thought it was a fun story.

As for legacies, I am told that they can make up 30% of the freshman class but the parents have to be big givers (I have not been a big giver) or "development cases".  I am told that graduates of the professional schools, which I am, do not count as legacies to undergraduate admissions even if they have given a lot to the B School or Law School, etc.  I don't know if that is true.

I do know all admissions officers get very excited over "first generation" kids, which I was - and that often includes minorities.
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