legacy rejections

ncdewey
Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:01:00 +0000

It hurts that it seems that the school you went to doesn’t think your child is special the way you do, but the legacy factor is one tiny part. My husband and I are both alums, and our son was waitlisted. I think it was a perfectly reasonable thing to do despite his high SATs and qualifications because he had one low 1st semester grade. They’ve asked to see his transcript at the end of the year. He knows what he has to do to stand a chance, and is choosing to do it. I cannot believe the credentials of some of his classmates who were admitted- perfect SATs, 5.0 GPAs (one actually did something towards curing cancer). I also know of several legacies who were deferred from ED to RD, and then got in, so I do think ED shows you are serious. Good luck and I hope they find their own Duke…