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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've been an HYP alumni interviewer since the 1990's.  Every year, some of the legacy admits are among the top applicants by any objective measure: grades, scores, and extracurriculars.  Driven Type A's often raise driven Type A's.

Every year, however, there are also some legacies who get in who have lower grades, lower scores, and less impressive extracurriculars than many of the unconnected applicants that we've seen that year.  The gap is larger with very wealthy parents. It's also kind of disturbing how entitled my fellow interviewers feel about spots in the class for their own kids.

I'd be happy to get rid of legacy admissions.  I suspect my child won't apply, as their interests lie elsewhere. The idea that, out of all of the universities in the world, my kid would pick the same one I picked decades ago seems statistically unlikely.[/quote]

This^^^

Just like kids who apply to all the Ivies are not really researching colleges and best fit.  They are all so different, there is not way that Cornell and Yale are in reality the same kid's dream school. They are just stuck on Rankings and the Ivy names/perceived prestige; not what is actually best for their kid.

Ironically, my last kid did apply ED to my university.  But that's because my kid is also planning to major in Engineering like me, and has secondary interest in the performing arts (I have a 2nd major in one).  So yes, while I made sure my kid visited the university along with others on their list, I did not push my school---I loved it but want my kid somewhere they will love as college is their experience. 
But given that it's a T10 school with amazing engineering and a beautiful campus, my kid decided to use their ED there.  However, my kid did not want to attend the Ivy their dad graduated from, as it wasn't the best fit for them.    
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