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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Deferred.  34 ACT, 3.7 rigorous private, 3 season varsity athlete.  Legacy. [/quote]

They don’t consider legacy. [/quote]

College counselor here. This is incorrect. They do consider legacy.[/quote]

I think being a legacy can help a kid write a better "Why School X" essay.  For Michigan, something more differentiating than "because football".

As opposed to kids just getting in simply because they are legacy, legacy essays may be more believable that the kid knows what they plan to do at a school and that they will take an offer seriously.

My outsider view of this is that there seem to be many statistically similar impressive candidates from the DMV.  The decisions are most likely not being made on SATs above a certain level.  DMV, NYC, and MA are where the 1500+ kids are in large numbers.  And a lot of OOSers with those scores are headed for Engineering, CS, and Business.  And many of them send in apps to lots of schools.  So low chance of them attending plus maybe the essays aren't differentiating.  Postponing OOSers in bulk weeds out the people who have low interest and are committing early to other schools.

If your kid really wants to go, stay calm and flexible as long as possible.  Like late May.  This is the advice in-state kids give each other.[/quote]

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