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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is legacy only parents or does it include grandparents/uncles/cousins etc?[/quote]

It varies by the school. Northwestern asks about parents, grandparents, cousins, siblings, uncles, aunts, etc. Penn asks about parents. Harvard doesn't ask at all (but you list parents degrees on the Common App).[/quote]

But Harvard is big on legacies, no? So their ADs must be going through the Common App with magnifying glasses.[/quote]

LOL!  But so worth it considering their current general admission rate is around 6% (virtually impossible) vs 33% for legacies.[/quote]

No, the admissions rate for non-legacies is around 3%. The 5% general rate includes legacies, who are admitted at a rate of 30-35%. [/quote]

I am a bit surprised at the 30-35% range for legacies. We know quite a few people (in a few cases, both parents are ex-Harvard) whose child/children have not been admitted, and it would be surprising if it is only our pool of acquaintances/friends who are legacies with a nearly 0% acceptance rate.... is this 30-35% something acknowledged by the AD? Or is it a guess?[/quote]

We went to DH's 25th reunion at an Ivy and were surprised how many people had kids enrolled...  And honestly, most of the people I know who attended an Ivy are legacies (direct - parent attended).  Also, legacies tend to be big donors so it's worth it for the colleges.  The 30-35% legacy admit rate seems the norm at Ivies, Stanford, etc.[/quote]

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