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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When people talk in threads like these about a kid being "hooked" because a parent went to a certain school, is simply being a legacy that much of a leg up in admissions? My wife and I went to 2 different Ivy League schools. Does that mean our kids are going to have a much easier time getting into those schools than their peers solely because we went there 20 years ago? We barely donate and are otherwise inactive alums. When I was an undergrad, I was a first generation college student and anecdotally heard that my school gave the same amount of extra points to kids who were first generation as those who are legacies. I thought that in the time since we graduated, legacy status meant less and less as time went on and schools turned to other characteristics to give kids a boost. But these threads seem to make it appear that schools are a slam dunk for legacy kids so long as they are competitive otherwise. Anyone have any context for how much legacy status actually matters at Ivies these days? Is it a lock? Merely a tie-breaker? Something akin to athletic recruit status or 1st generation or URM bonus points? [/quote]

F[b]irst of all, as has been pointed out here relentlessly, athletic recruits barely move the needle at all in admissions unless they have the academic stats as well--sadly my excellent athlete is learning this the hard way. Your legacy status will not work if you have not donated. You have to be high 6 to 7 figure donors or be very very high profile (like a senator) for the legacy status to mean anything[/b].[/quote]

none of this correct. Athletic recruits can get into any school with lower academic qualifications. Not a complete absence of them, mind you, but lower than the typical non athletic admit.

Legacy admissions is not tied to donations. It usually means something like a second read. Harvard legacies get in at rate 6-7x that of the regular pool - and nowhere near all of them are giving large amounts of money to the school.[/quote]

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