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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought Harvard College doesn't count applicants with parents attending only their grad schools as legacies?[/quote]

That is correct. Legacies are only those children of Harvard college grads. Children of the HLS, HMS, HBS, HKS alums are not considered to be legacies.[/quote]

Harvard only formally counts undergrads as legacies. That doesn’t mean other things don’t help. And you still have to super strong to get in as a plain old legacy. Whether it is sidwell or gds or anywhere else a lot of these kids are legacy. But since people are having trouble counting the numbers of these IGs straight up, don’t know which kids who picked non-ivies even though got in to ones (I can think of two at GDS - whole full ride thing is pretty good deal), and are getting who is formally legacy and who is not still incorrect, perhaps it’s not worth counting. The key thing to know IMO is that it seems that sidwell has developed a pipeline w uchicago. If one cares enough to compare Ivies between two places probably going to need more family info before bragging. [/quote]

Any of these private schools can have a pipeline with UChicago if the kids do ED and are full pay. Some have suggested the ED rate is about 30 percent. They also have a scheme for kids who attend summer sessions that allows them to be notified even before regular early decision. It's essentially a pay to play model, though the candidates of course need to be qualified. All this to say that UChicago has some easier paths to entry than some other schools so it can be a very smart strategy for those looking to attend a top school from a top private. 
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Is their acceptance rate higher for kids from top privates during RD? Cause it sounds like a winning safety school for the privates if so...[/quote]

No. Most kids get waitlisted or rejected RD from our Big3. If it’s your first or second choice, ED1 or ED2. ED2, however, they reject a lot more. Or RD and pray for a waitlist conversion.[/quote]

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