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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, for example, let me say that I have a student applying to college in a few years, and that they are also well-qualified and deserving, and in a class where twelve or thirteen of their classmates want to apply to the same competitive college or university.

Based on this year's success, I might think that my qualified student had a good chance of being admitted to a very competitive college in a large pool of candidates, even if they rank-ordered somewhere near the lower part of that particularly qualified pool.

There is no shame in answering the legacy question, by the way.  One of the years that my children applied to college, a record number of applicants were admitted to one particularly selective college, including my daughter.  Several people asked me, "how many are legacies?", because it did/does help them evaluate their own child's future chances in some way - every bit of information helps.

I had no problem stating, and this was in fact the case, that all but two of the admitted students had some sort of legacy connection (defined, in that particular case, [b]as having had either a parent or sibling attend the same school for either college or graduate school[/b]).[/quote]

And that broad definition may overstate the legacy impact.  While having a graduate or professional connection to a university may get noted, it's generally not the same as being an undergrad alum.  The reason is that the logic behind considering legacy in undergrad admissions -- nurturing and passing along a culture and strong sense of community -- isn't so relevant at the graduate level where the student experience tends to very different.  For this reason, many feel a much stronger bond to their undergrad institution than to where they attended graduate/professional school.[/quote]

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