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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is a new president now, who I understand is highly accomplished and a good person - perhaps he would want to hear about your experience ... You may still be bitter about DC, but I personally believe ending things on a more positive note after your DH has devoted so much time, energy and money to the school might be a net good thing for your family ... ? [/quote]

[b]Thank you for this comment. Bitter implies we care. We were told one thing since DC was born and received another. We only come across as slighted revisiting this. I'm moving on but, sharing with alumni our experience so they do not get their hopes shattered.[/quote][/b]

I understand your frustration, OP.  Legacy doesn't mean what is used to.  My own SLAC takes only about 30% of the legacies now.  My DC was legacy at Harvard and triple legacy at Yale.  She had the scores, the SAT II scores and the 4.0+ GPA but still didn't get in.  White females are a dime a dozen.  The slots went to URMs, athletes, first generations, and international students.  Every LAC now wants to pattern itself after HYP and say it is a "global" institution, which means something has to give and it is usually the legacies.  Note the statistics that even LACs boast about after each class is formed - they list the number of international students and no. of countries they hail from, they talk about all the first generation students, the URMs, the diversity, the disadvantaged they admitted.  Even if you have a faculty member in your family it doesn't mean squat to the admissions office.  It's all about stats reported to U.S News & World report.  Legacies just don't count in those statistics.[/quote]

Thank you for commenting. The entire situation is a powder-keg waiting for a spark. I have typed and deleted so many comments in this post. I think I'll leave you with: "Best of luck to you and your daughter. She's very lucky to have you."[/quote]

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