Stanford vs Williams vs Georgetown

k789bh
Thu, 30 Apr 2020 15:13:47 +0000

gardenstategal:

Legacy status at Stanford guarantees that your application will get a second reading. That’s not a huge bump - it’s insurance against a reader in a bad mood . If your family is a major donor or very involved, your odds go from 5 to 10%. That’s what we were told several years ago on a tour during reunions. You will have to be a good fit to pull it off. Unless things have changed (and they usually make alums aware of that), it isn’t much of an edge. So if the only reason you added it is because you think your odds are good, it’s easy to narrow the choice down to 2.

Thank you for letting me know! That’s disapointing to hear, but I suppose it makes sense given how competetive Stanford admissions is. Do you think that legacy admissions would be more of an advantage in the REA round than in RD?