supertro0per4

what are the odds of a legacy being admitted?

supertro0per4

about 2100

Doodle

It really depends more on the rest of your stats.

I've seen/heard admissions officers say legacy (and other hooks like minority status etc...) "can heal the sick, but can't raise the dead." It's far from an automatic acceptance.

Good luck!

goolsci

I am a legacy and (assuming you are a legacy from your post) after you apply Yale will send your parent a note that says thank you for entrusting us with your child's application and possible future enrollment and we will give him or her a thorough look on the application [not saying that you will get more of a look than other applicants, but trying to please the alumni]. Then there is an FAQ page where one of the questions is about admit rate for legacies, and if i remember right the legacy admit rate is about 30%. But the answer also says that the higher admit rate does not have as much to do with the fact that you are a legacy, but with the fact that in general legacy students tend to have better records (It is a correlation not a causation. Being a legacy and getting into Yale are related, but the higher admit rate is not just because you are a legacy).

i'm sure it helped, but like doodle said it cannot make your application

arabella265

What if you are a legacy, but your parent is deceased? I know they think (hope) that if you are a legacy your parents will donate. Do they give the legacy less weight if the parent who attended has passed away? (morbid question ... I know).

eating food

i lurve legacy status!

supertro0per4

legacy, 2100, NHS gpa:94, varsity rower (captain), 150 + hrs of community service, job experience...6 ap's