I really like princeton and yale, but i have legacy at brown and penn. I like those schools perfectly fine, but princeton and yale excite me a little bit more. would it be a wasted opportunity to apply early to one of those schools at which i do not have legacy? part of me feels like i should always chase my dreams and apply early to the school i love the most, but another part of me imagines the hypothetical of getting rejected or deferred, and then potentially getting into neither brown nor penn regular decision due to the lower rd acceptance rates and feeling regretful that i didn’t apply early to one of those schools… thought i’d make an account on here and see what people think because this has been difficult for me to make a decision on.
is legacy still potent in regular decision? i’ve seen mixed answers online.
i’ve earned good grades and have a competitive SAT score.
I think that more information would help people to give useful answers, or at least useful opinions.
What is your unweighted high school GPA? What is your SAT score?
What do you like about Princeton? What do you like about Yale? Why do you prefer these two schools compared to Brown and U.Penn? What do you want in a university? What would make a university a good fit for you?
What do you intend to study in university? Do you know what you want to major in? What are you good at? Are you considering any graduate degree as a possibility?
This might depend upon which university you are considering. To me, finding a university that is a good fit for you is more important than where you have legacy.
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Brown says ED doesn’t change their admissions standards. I doubt it is much different at Penn.
So I would just apply early wherever you actually like the most. The real “solution” to the possibility of getting into none of these four schools is to have a good overall application list.
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I wouldn’t exactly use the word “potent” unless your family has donated very large sums of money to the schools, but legacy carries more weight at Brown and Penn during the ED round.
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