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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I despise legacy more than just about any other hook. Why should your kid get a bump for your college choice? It's bullshit. It's unfair. And deep down, you know it.

(And Ftr, my kid isn't even in HS yet. So no dog in this fight. Yet.)[/quote]

Because legacy kids are more likely to attend. Not disagreeing with you just attempting to answer your question. Not as bad as the full pay hook which is just rich kid privilege. [/quote]

But what if you are Harvard and you have no problem with getting kids to attend?  Their legacy bump is still huge.  Or is that just legacies that donate $$$?[/quote]

It’s a good question and I don’t know the answer. There’s been research on this. Legacy is a massive bump, equivalent to a couple hundred SAT points, if memory serves (though it rarely does these days). [/quote]

My guess, and I'm speculating here, is that the idea of legacy bump keeps alumni involved and giving.  Even if it cannot be traced directly to dollars donated (i.e., some alums who are not donors will get their kids in and some fairly big donors will not), just the idea that their kids might have a better chance come admissions time probably lifts alum donations as a whole.  [/quote]

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