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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a huge believer and proponent of the SLAC model, but really do worry that name recognition will be a handicap throughout life.  The exceptions are probably limited to only Williams and Amherst imo, and unfortunately those will be a crapshoot for my unhooked high stats kid.  Do either of those schools try to yield protect during RD by rejecting ivy-looking kids? May call me myopic or narrow minded, but I’ve told him those are the only 2 SLACs he can apply to [/quote]
Your kid will not get into Williams/Amherst without a hook. [/quote]

My kid’s paid college advisor told us that every year there are about 50-75 unhooked spots at each of these two schools.  And about 15,000 applications at each. So what I’m telling you is, there IS a chance!  LoL. [/quote]

I call bs on those numbers - that simply can’t be true [/quote]

250 athletes (50 percent), 75-100 Posse, other FGLIs and geographic diversity, 75-100 relevant legacies and other VIPs. [/quote]

amherst was one of the first to eliminate the legacy benefit  [/quote]

And as soon as Amherst did that, back in think 2021 or so, the following happened:

Amherst College admitted a record 25% of first-generation and low-income (FGLI) students for the Class of 2029, a significant increase from the 19% of the Class of 2027 and 13% of the Class of 2023, reflecting the college's continued efforts to increase access for underrepresented students

Newsflash: your kid is not getting in unless they can make a team.  [/quote]

Amherst has a substantial endowment but it will rapidly deteriorate over the next few decades.  Alums will cease donating when their kids get no legacy benefit.[/quote]

Maybe not. From a New Yorker article:

"In retracting this perk for rich alumni donors, Amherst seems to be making a financial sacrifice, but it probably isn’t. Ending its legacy policy might even help its bottom line in the long run. Research suggests that favoring legacies either increases donations marginally or has no effect. Besides, Amherst, a school with fewer than two thousand students, has an endowment of almost four billion dollars. For a school with two million dollars of endowment per student, taking a small hit in alumni donations in exchange for this singular boon of institutional marketing seems not just a feasible move but a clever one. As Amherst’s dean of admission and financial aid, Matthew L. McGann, concedes, the school can afford it."
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