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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder if long-term effects of legacy admission on students have been studied. It seemed obvious to me even at a young age when I declined applying to my parent’s well supported school that it could sour the sense of accomplishment and self-reliance a student should have. I’m happy our kids colleges stopped using legacy considerations. [/quote]

I’d love for my alma mater to stop legacy preferences as well. Thankfully legacy DC doesn’t have imposter syndrome because they were also admitted to peer schools.[/quote]

Interestingly, our school’s college counselor said the legacy boost really only comes into play when doing binding ED. For those students there’s no way to know where else they would get in, so imposter syndrome is more likely. [/quote]

Ah, that makes sense about ED applicants, unless they were deferred to RD in which case they would still see other results. Regardless, my alma mater has SCEA/REA, so non-binding.[/quote]

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