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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just be smart where you apply. If the legacy school fits everything you want in a school, then apply there early. That's a no brainer. But don't be delusional you'll get in based on legacy. All the kids in our friend circle/family circle with legacy to Top 5 have been rejected. [/quote]

Legacy gets the kid a second look. But the kid’s application - grades, test scores, essays, etc - are what get them in. 
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If you wouldn’t have gotten in but for your legacy status, legacy got you in.[/quote]

So for all the qualified legacy applicants who don't get in, why didn't legacy get them in?[/quote]

You can be qualified and still not have good enough credentials to be desirable. Schools are willing to dip lower for the legacy candidates than for the unhooked candidates. And of course there's an element of luck -- whether the admissions officer subjectively liked you or was in a bad mood or whatever. So the qualified legacy applicants still weren't sufficiently attractive to the university in spite of the legacy boost. That doesn't negate the fact that you need lesser qualifications to be admitted as a legacy (despite being qualified to do the work and graduate), that it's much easier to be admitted as a legacy, and that many legacy applicants are admitted solely because they are legacies. [/quote]

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