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[quote=Anonymous]People overestimate how much of an advantage being a legacy helps to get into Ivy colleges.  I went to one of the top 3 Ivies, and my son was turned down when he applied, not even wait listed despite the following qualifications:
1.  I had more connection with the school that the average alum, by far: I did extensive alumni work on the school's behalf over many years and was an officer of several important alumni groups.  (Working against me was the fact that I was not a significant or regular donor).
2.  My son attended a very good local private school in DC and:could not have been a nicer kid, got great faculty recommendations, was a National Merit semifinalist, was in the top 10% or so of his class and the honor society, had great college boards, was a starting athlete on W. Post ranked teams (but not good enough to be a recruited athlete at the college level unless he went D3), and had art/music type recognition that put him at the very top of his class in that area i.e., top 2-3 kids in the class.
I would note that had he been an even better athlete - worthy of being recruited - he would have been admitted in an instant.  That's not speculation; it's from the college coach.  
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