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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]

Same here.  My kid does not want to go to my Ivy because they don't want the stigma of being a legacy kid.  I did not love my experience there either, so I'm not pushing it; however, given what admissions is like these days, applying ED to my Ivy seems like the way to ensure admission at an Ivy, since there are so many applicants that are going to have high stats and similar profiles with my UMC, Asian American, STEM-major kid.  I am not a big fan of binding ED or legacy and wish both would go away entirely.[/quote]

May I ask, with zero snark and 100% curiosity only, why you think Ivy admission is so important for your STEM kid? My kid has a similar profile as yours - UMC, Asian American, and CS-focused. They wanted Stanford because it’s tops in CS and they preferred the school’s vibe over that of MIT, CMU, and Berkeley, not because Stanford happens to be my alma mater. No doubt Ivies are amazing schools - my spouse and siblings attended Harvard, Yale, Penn/Wharton among them - but they were never even on my kid’s radar because they are not the best for the T and E parts of STEM.[/quote]

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