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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS is a high-to-middle of the road student stats wise. 3.8, 1180.  He is a great athlete but not recruited. He would play club level in college, though.

His father graduated magna cum laude from this school in undergraduate and went on to earn his masters there as well. His father earned his JD from there. My father taught medicine there for 22 years.

DS has never expressed interest in attending until yesterday. I can't name the school, but for sake of argument lets assume it is Yale.

Is there any chance he would be offered a spot?[/quote]

OP, DS had slightly lower GPA, much higher test score, a DH w/distinguished alum award (not for service to school but outstanding professional accomplishments), and multigenerational legacy - CCO waved him off as he would get a courtesy deferral followed by a rejection in RD. Basically had already happened to his second cousins.

[b]Chances are probably low to zilch, especially if there are other legacies in class with stronger stats.[/b] [/quote]

This.  I was just about to type this.  It probably depends a lot on who else is applying from his class.
My kids attend a DC private school where easily 10 legacies apply to Yale each year.  Only about 1/10 gets in--and that one usually has top grades as well.  The other 9/10 legacies do not get in.

Then at the university level--they may have years when a ton of faculty members' kids or grandkids apply and years when none do.  That may factor in to this as well.  For example, if this year they have 20 tenured faculty with top notch kids applying to undergrad they probably don't have room in that bucket for your kid.  Another year?  Who knows!

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Your "DC private" has at least 10 applications and only a 10% admit rate, regadless of legacy status?

You're pissing money away.

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