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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Though I consider myself at this point more than informed when it comes to college admissions, I wasn't quite prepared for the extent to which Harvard and Stanford cater to legacies and donors, at least at our top private, and at least in the early round. It is eye-opening. If you are the very top in a top private (think Dalton/Andover/Harvard-Westlake tier) and unhooked, you target mid-tier Ivies, not HYPS. There are just too many well-connected legacies who are also contributing a lot, active in alumni circles, have already sent other siblings.... these kids are typically but not always strong students, rarely the very top. These families know how the game is played and have been setting this outcome up for a decade, since elementary school. If you've seen it, you know.[/quote]

Not disputing your experience, but in mine, legacies are often times stronger students than non-legacies. My legacy DC and another legacy classmate are in fact “the very top” of their “top private.”[/quote]

This. We are at a top private in the Bay Area. The HYPS early action admits have a healthy dose of legacy. But they also are the same kids who have dominated academically for years. In addition to being highly engaged in “within school” EC’s, what is also apparent is that they were also amassing significant “admission capital” with things they were doing out of school. While some of this may be secondary to sophisticated parents who know how to win at this game, my observation is that many of this cohort were genuinely passionate about what they were doing and willing to subordinate a ton of distractions (like weekend parties which my kid was apparently super into). [/quote]

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