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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I believe 3 of the Yale admits were legacy, 4 were legacy, leaving 3 with neither connection[/quote]

This is something that I always wonder about in admissions.  Did any of the students have parents of some exceptional or notable professional stature, that could be seen to benefit a university's community?  Perhaps a very accomplished government official, or a respected academic, or a well-known media figure? [/quote]

Yup[/quote]

Thank you for the response.  This is just one more datapoint that helps fill out the bigger picture, but does not diminish anyone's accomplishment.[/quote]

Another part of the picture: colleges use the ED round to find full-pay kids who can subsidize their FA students. Private schools where tuition is something over half of a college's tuition are prime hunting grounds for this, for obvious reasons. Therefore, if you are at a private school on FA, you may not benefit from this ED bump to the same extent as the full pay kids. If you have a great story then everything changes, but you can't assume that being legacy on FA is going to help much in the ED round.[/quote]

True for many schools, but Yale has need blind admissions. Regardless of whether you are on FA, legacy is a huge boost.

http://www.princeton.edu/~tje/files/Admission%20Preferences%20Espenshade%20Chung%20Walling%20Dec%202004%20full.pdf

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