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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In the world of insanely competitive admissions, it is only rational to choose to apply where one's parents attended if a kid wants to go to a really selective school and is otherwise qualified and loves the school. Our kid was just accepted ED at my alma mater (Williams/Amherst/Swarthmore) and is not an athlete but otherwise had the grades, scores, great EC's, etc. - but yes, these schools are near impossible admits. Why wouldn't they have chosen to apply to the one I attended for the legacy boost? We are ignoring the few smarmy legacy comments because who cares. [/quote]

I don’t think it’s a bad idea and agree it’s rational. But people shouldn’t pretend that it doesn’t grant a huge advantage, either.[/quote]

Sure - if you dig deep, it's about twice the advantage. So from 8 to 16% at a Williams or Swat for example, and more if you apply ED. [/quote]

That is an enormous advantage. [/quote]

Ok. These kids are all privileged. This is not a secret - at the end of the day that's why a lot of families like ours sat their kids down and had frank conversations. They did all the things - straight A's, 1500-plus SATs, tons of volunteer work and part-time jobs and interesting ECs, and so forth. But they still probably wouldn't get in to these schools unless they applied where their parents did, that's how competitive it is. It doesn't make them bad or spoiled kids - they're literally kids. So people can be nasty to them but until legacy admissions go away, this is how the schools choose to make the decisions among the qualified kids.[/quote]

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