how much does having a parent who works at the University of Chicago help?

[GroovyGeek]

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@newmassdad

GG, are you sure you understand this?

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<p>I am no tax accountant, but I can certainly read :-). If you take a careful look at both links I provided, you will see that both deal with the same topic. In particular, here is the text at the top of the link whose relevance you question:</p>

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The Dependent Education Program is designed to provide an opportunity for educational assistance to the spouse, domestic partner, and/or dependent children of full-time permanent faculty and full-time regular staff. Undergraduate tuition for up to eight (8) consecutive semesters, not including the summer session, may be granted to eligible students under this employee benefit program.

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<p>The link definitely does not “discuss reimbursement to employees for courses taken by employees”, as you imply. As far as preference for children of faculty members at elite universities, here is but one example that has stirred the pot:</p>

<p>[Golden</a> assails admissions preferences for the wealthy at bookstore talk - Campus News](<a href=“http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2006/10/02/CampusNews/Golden.Assails.Admissions.Preferences.For.The.Wealthy.At.Bookstore.Talk-2319118.shtml]Golden”>http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2006/10/02/CampusNews/Golden.Assails.Admissions.Preferences.For.The.Wealthy.At.Bookstore.Talk-2319118.shtml)
[The</a> Daily Princetonian - Reporter Golden blasts unfair legacy admissions](<a href=“http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2006/11/16/news/16620.shtml]The”>http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2006/11/16/news/16620.shtml)
[A</a> Review of The Price of Admission by Daniel Golden](<a href=“http://calitreview.com/2007/04/24/the-price-of-admission-how-americas-ruling-class-buys-its-way-into-elite-colleges-and-who-gets-left-outside-the-gates-by-daniel-golden/]A”>http://calitreview.com/2007/04/24/the-price-of-admission-how-americas-ruling-class-buys-its-way-into-elite-colleges-and-who-gets-left-outside-the-gates-by-daniel-golden/)</p>

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This includes legacy preference (for) anywhere from 10 percent to 25 percent (of those) admitted, at three to four times the rate of admission…</p>

<p>Children of faculty and staff put the admissions staff in a particularly tough position. Since employees receive a tuition discount, admissions officers are often wary of placing them under financial stress by rejecting their children.

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<p>Here is another one from the WSJ with specific numbers.
[WSJ.com</a> - Many Colleges Bend Rules To Admit Rich Applicants](<a href=“http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/Polk_Rich_Applicants.htm]WSJ.com”>http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/Polk_Rich_Applicants.htm)</p>

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Under the 150-point “Selection Index” Michigan uses for undergraduate admissions, a review committee may award 20 “discretionary” points to children of donors, legislators, faculty members and other key supporters.

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<p>Let’s do some math with these numbers: 20/150=13% of admissions decision comes from such preference. The median SAT at Michigan is 1980, 13% of that is 256. Voila.</p>

<p>Yet more proof from the Chronicle of Higher Education:
[The</a> Chronicle: Colloquy Live Transcript](<a href=“http://chronicle.com/colloquy/2005/01/faculty/]The”>http://chronicle.com/colloquy/2005/01/faculty/)</p>

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Anthony P. Carnevale: Our research confirms your more casual findings. There seems to be a pronounced tendency to give preferences to the children of faculty. This was not only true in the most selective 146 colleges but in the next most selective tier of 588 colleges.</p>

<p>The notion that the children of faculty and senior management and the children of nonsupervisory workers have the same chance for admission to selective colleges is either naive or cynical.

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<p>Googling “admission preference for children of faculty” produces many, many, many more links with supporting data.</p>