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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hope it doesn't matter if you're not active. I'm an alum but have never gone to reunion, am not a big donor, and graduated with a sub-3.0 GPA. Honestly don't know whether to list my school on DS's application or not! [/quote]

HYP grad here, similar low GPA, spotty low dollar donations though I have gone back for reunions.  I honestly thought my legacy status would hurt my kids chances, but  1580, high GPA, but no other hook like sports), and was admitted.  So don’t stress about it. [/quote]

Another Harvard grad here. Legacy most certainly counts for parents who give seven digits. We know that from the SCOTUS case - 30% of the admittees are legacy but they all have the stats that Harvard wants. Harvard has to cull through all of the legacies and it picks those who have the stats, the character they want and obliging parents. But the legacy varies by school. UVA, for example, no longer looks at legacies so Google before you assume. Yale and Princeton still favor high donation legacy kids[/quote]

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