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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We all know its very true that legacies play a big part.  [/quote]
Just curious ... how do you know that?  I suppose some students need that legacy boost to get admitted to some colleges, but I have no idea how much it matters or for how many students.  How do [u]you[/u] know?[/quote]

Not picking out any one student.  But, simply go to the particular school's "Common Data Set".  It provides a wealth of information about their acceptances/rejections/test scores etc.  You will see the legacy admissions.  There's no doubt they play a role.  Schools do not deny this.  [/quote]

Sure, I've seen college info suggesting that 10-15% of many colleges' students are legacies.  I've got no dispute that legacies make up a significant portion of each college's enrollment.  What I don't understand is how anyone here can point to any local high school and claim to know for sure that a big portion of the high school's college placement success is from legacies who otherwise would not deserve admission.[/quote]

Legacies  can provide a hook or boost, like other factors, that can help in the crapshoot of whether a well qualified applicant gets a nod over other well qualified students.  It very seldom means that what you call an "undeserving" kid gets in.  At the iIvy schools the percentage of alumni children rejected for application exceeds those accepted by more than 2:1.  And,  I this area, if you aren't in the top quarter of your "big 3" class, it doesn't matter if your mommy or daddy went to  Yale, you can put away the "Y" cap because you probably arent getting in.[/quote]

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