Anonymous
11/10/2025 13:24
Subject: Princeton legacy admissions data reported
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The Princeton legacies also attend the feeder schools of course - it's not like the same kid with the same stats popping up out of nowhere would otherwise get in. The system is entirely rigged, but everyone knows that.
This is what I am wondering - if I am a "normal sorta, for the real world or DCUM standards but not for Princeton" Princeton alum -- meaning UMC, but not an heiress, and my kid doesn't go to Andover or have a Nobel- and they wouldn't get in without the legacy status - what are the chances for a kid with very good scores and perfect grades (but who wouldn't othereise likely be princeton material) WITH the legacy status?
Extremely slim. One way to see this is to check how many people form your kid's school actually get into Princeton. You'll likely see that if you aren't from a feeder, your school isn't sending anyone in.
Even if the student is a legacy at a non-feeder high school? I thought that Princeton was trying to expand out and include more public schools in the mix.
Anonymous
11/10/2025 12:42
Subject: Princeton legacy admissions data reported
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The Princeton legacies also attend the feeder schools of course - it's not like the same kid with the same stats popping up out of nowhere would otherwise get in. The system is entirely rigged, but everyone knows that.
This is what I am wondering - if I am a "normal sorta, for the real world or DCUM standards but not for Princeton" Princeton alum -- meaning UMC, but not an heiress, and my kid doesn't go to Andover or have a Nobel- and they wouldn't get in without the legacy status - what are the chances for a kid with very good scores and perfect grades (but who wouldn't othereise likely be princeton material) WITH the legacy status?
Extremely slim. One way to see this is to check how many people form your kid's school actually get into Princeton. You'll likely see that if you aren't from a feeder, your school isn't sending anyone in.
Anonymous
11/10/2025 12:36
Subject: Princeton legacy admissions data reported
Anonymous wrote:I'm anti-legacy. I went to an Ivy and I donate every year, but I don't think my kid should have an advantage just because I went to that school. If anything, I would want them to get in on their own merits.
+1 I'm a double Ivy grad, married to a double Ivy grad. I can't justify legacy preferences, even though my kids will have an advantage.
Legacy kids are 5x more likely to be admitted than someone with similar stats who is non-legacy according to the 2024 paper by Harvard professor Chetty.