How much can connections overpower low [3.75] GPA for top schools and bad APs

[Bruno99]

@Mwfan1921

Thanks. That seems like a normal situation and the fact that a donor (parent in this case) supported the legacy student didn’t in and of it itself harm the student’s outcome (which is what compmom suggested could possibly happen).

That’s certainly one perspective, yes. I think for the donor it probably felt like it hurt their kids application. Especially since another kid they “sponsored” did get in. No way to know these things exactly.