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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Harvard has a legacy admit rate of over 30% so I say the Harvard legacies are in good shape. [/quote]

you're missing the point--they're not.  Our Big3 had ONE harvard admit last year and at least 20 kids were alums (that's just the ones I know-between both parents).  &lt;5% admit rate at this top school.  That's the thing--30% legacy admit rate does work if there is a super high rate of alums at one high school.   harvard is not going to dole out 8 admits to legacy kids from a single DC private. [/quote]

Keep in mind, not all legacy kids WANT to go to their parents' schools. Ours didn't, and did not apply. [/quote]

+1.  Kid not applying to DH's Ivy school. He's not terribly interested and he understands what many on this thread have said - he's unlikely to be the anointed one or two kids from his big 3 school, because he's not a URM/jock/development case[/quote]
What’s a development case?[/quote]

big $$ donors who work with the university's development office. [/quote]

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