Reach/Target/Safety Categorization

GreekGalMK
Thu, 21 Jul 2016 17:45:11 +0000

Everything from Swarthmore up is a reach (also Georgetown if SFS; you’ll get into Norte Dame with double legacy), and most other schools are targets/safeties (sorry, I’m not too familiar with the rest of your list). Question… How can you have double legacy at Norte Dame and single legacy at UChicago? The only explanation I have for it is if one of your parents switched schools during their undergraduate years. However, most schools only count legacy at the college from which the parent finished his or her undergraduate studies. So if one of your parents went to ND for the first two years of undergraduate studies and then switched to UChicago for the last two years, you would have legacy at UChicago. Some schools do have their own policies, so check their websites. Also, schools usually don’t count graduate school as legacy status, so if you’re counting that for legacy, make sure the specific school counts it as legacy too.