<p>^ like the above posters said. A 4.0 W GPA is not high at all for Harvard applicants, neither is the SAT, but I dont see how you dont get in.</p>
<p>wow your family is so cool! I think you gave an amazing chance considering all the contributions your family has made and promises to make. I don’t think Harvard would want to stop this exchange, so even if they stopped donating as much, it would still be very prestigious. Harvard doesn’t only look at money: another part of legacy is that because you came from a Harvard-educated family, you have the potential to reach their achievements, something that they have to assume about non-legacies.</p>
<p>good luck!!</p>
<p>Yes. I’m curious if the signer was Robert Treat Paine, as well. Good luck, AnonymousGirl! :)</p>
<p>I think you are not a legacy case (legacy at Harvard equates with parentage) but a development case. Development (that is, $$$ past and potential) is another, arguably stronger hook than legacy.</p>
<p>What’s “development”?</p>
<p>Just the word for when your family donated stuff.</p>
<p>The Development Office is the part of the organization responsible for fundraising.</p>
<p>I think “development” admissions are strategic admissions intended to maximize FUTURE donations. If your family GAVE a lot of money generations ago, I don’t know if you are a development admit or not. It is more that they think your family WILL give if you get in or will STOP giving if you don’t.</p>
<p>There was a big-time development admit in my class. It was something of a head-scratcher for everyone who knew him until a few years after we graduated when one of the residential houses was renamed after his family.</p>
<p>The OP is probably referring to the Porcellian when he says “secret society”. It’s the only finals club that operates like one.</p>
<p>^ Final Club*</p>
<p>I meant final club.</p>