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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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[/quote]
Interesting to see in that study that legacy applicants average higher SAT scores than non-legacy applicants -- legacies score 18 points higher on average.  
[quote=page 1430] ... athletes in the applicant pools have lower average SAT scores than nonathletes (1298 vs. 1335), whereas there is a smaller gap between legacies (1350) and nonlegacies (1332)[/quote][/quote]
PP again, to correct myself.  Those averages are not for the applicants, but rather for the admitted students from the study.  So legacies who were admitted averaged 18 points higher on the SAT than those non-legacies who were admitted.  [/quote]
"The bonus for African-American applicants is roughly equivalent to an extra 230 SAT points (on a 1600-point scale), to 185 points for Hispanics, 200 points for athletes, and [b]160 points for children of alumni.[/b] The Asian disadvantage is comparable to a loss of 50 SAT points."[/quote]
You probably realize this, but just so no one else gets confused, I'll point out that the hypothetical 160-point increase is a different calculation than the one which shows legacy admittees tend to score higher on the SAT than non-legacy admittees.

Also interesting is this point: Legacy advantage diminishes quickly when students apply to more than one college (as all of them do).  
[quote]A second qualification relates to the possibility that the legacy advantage is overstated when viewed in the context of a single institution. Even though nonlegacy candidates face an admission disadvantage compared to legacy applicants at a given school, they are likely to be accepted by another very good institution because the talent level in the overall applicant pool is so high. ...  When students apply to two institutions, the likelihood of being accepted by at least one of them grows, and the gap shrinks between applicants who are a legacy at neither school and other legacy applicants. ...  In addition, the likelihood that a student who has applied to all three institutions and is not a legacy at any of them will be accepted by at least one (64.4 percent) exceeds the probability of admission for legacy applicants to a sole institution (50.2 percent). These additional results suggest that an analysis that relies on the disposition of applications to a specific university overstates the importance attached to being a legacy and that the ability to claim legacy status at a particular institution is ultimately less consequential for being admitted to some prestigious university when students are applying to many schools[/quote][/quote]

Dear Legacy Mom,

Who do you think you are kidding? Yale is open about the fact that is favors legacies and anybody who cares can find quotations from Yale admissions officers confirming that legacy is given positive weight in the admissions process and can be "very much in your favor." Be glad your kid got in and acknowledge that they had an advantage over other, equally qualified applicants. [/quote]

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