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[quote=Anonymous]I didn't read all, but wanted to mention that the legacy hook is only at certain schools.  Google "does X University consider legacy" to find out about a particular school.

In addition, legacy is defined differently at different schools; for instance, at Harvard, only applicants of Harvard College grad parents are considered legacy, not, say, those kids of Law School grads.

And at USC they look at grandparents.  So if you are interested in a school that considers legacy, google to find out how a school defines legacy.

Finally, legacy is (usually) only a hook for Early Decision.  It goes away during regular decision. This can help your unhooked kid with a particular school.  For instance, my kid's college counselor told my kid that getting into X school was going to be very unlikely during the ED round because too many of her classmates were legacy.  However, she has a better shot during regular decision, because her stats are higher than many of those legacy kids.

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