<p>It’s what I said in an earlier post, at ivies legacy applicants need median stats unless they have a second hook. What they don’t need is the world class ECs. Over 20 years I’ve seen many, many get in who who not have gotten in as a non legacy. I did not see any change in terms of lowering legacy numbers over those 2 decades.</p>
<p>What I did see was a growing number of URM legacies. Their rate of acceptance is incredibly high.</p>
<p>At less selective schools legacies do not need median stats, 25th percentile is just fine.</p>
<p>Again, anecdotal stories are just that. It’s impossible to say Princeton does not care about legacy when there is so much evidence to the contrary. In many cases you just don’t know the whole story. Some trouble with the law or at school keeps many qualified third generation legacies out of colleges, yet the families often don’t give you that part of the story. </p>
<p>A few years ago I had a name on a building, highly qualified, brilliant student who was caught drinking at school once. The ivy rejected him because that’s their unswerving policy and he got a Jefferson at Virginia. He had no chance and admissions was clear on that with both me and his family.</p>