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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“ Not to mention, everyone is arguing as if this is a big deal---it is not.”

Ok so it won’t be a big deal to give it up then.[/quote]

There is no "bump in admissions" for being a faculty kid at most elite schools.  The faculty members kids just happen to get in because they are smart kids (duh---at least one of their parents is a University professor).  There is no advantage.  Those kids have grown up doing well academically, possibly being involved on a college campus and even doing reserach/working with professors in HS.  They might even have a college recommendation from one of the professors at the school due to this.  So yes, they might have a "hook" but the hook is likely due to being involved in College academia while still in HS oh and being really smart and academically focused through their life.  So yes, due to parental connections they have had different opportunities in life growing up----I had 2 friends whose parents were faculty members when I attended a T10 university.  They were smarter than most of the kids I knew and had worked their asses off because it was expected of them.  They got in on their own merits and both wanted to attend somewhere else, but the tuition discount really made it impossible to choose anywhere else.[/quote]

Oh come on. This is just untrue. I don’t think this benefit should go away, but there is no need to tell lies to protect it. It is a bump. Be honest. [/quote]

I have friends who are faculty/staff at two different T20 schools.  Both say there is no bump---kids must be admitted on their own merit.  For one, their first kid did NOT get admitted (and would have been in the 25% for stats--precovid so when stats still really matter) but their 2nd kid did.  That kid was about 75% for scores of admitted students, so yes their kid was qualified. 
 
For the other, only 1 of their 3 kids was admitted, yet the 2 denied had applications that would make them qualified contenders.  
So yes I'm basing my statements on real data points for two different schools.

Now for the first one whose kid was denied at the 25% stats/test scores, if there was preference, they most definately would have gotten in!  The parent works for a professor on campus that is the most well known professor on campus---along the lines of "there are 2 or more buildings on campus with this professors name on them because they donated tens of millions of their wealth to the university"----so not just your typical everyday Faculty/staff member....yet my friends kid did NOT get admission.  Why---because there is no preference---your kid has to get in on their own merit, then they get the tuition break.   [/quote]

I know many professors, and most of their children are top students, and did not get admitted to the universities at which the parents work. OP is being given bad information, and should be scrutinizing their sources. [/quote]

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