<p>What criteria do colleges use for admission , I mean like of course the big 3 are
1. Grades, and what comes with that, which is Rank, AP Scores, college classes taken
2. Standardized Scores like SAT 1, 2, Act, state standardized test scores, and some would AP scores here to .
3. In school, out of school activities, volunteering, work exp., special talents, and summer work
but there's other stuff that we do in the end like essays, recs, and interviews but should we say that admission is judged solely on these 6 factors</p>
<p>anyone in the building</p>
<p>Whether or not it's fair, some colleges also consider race and/or gender when selecting students.</p>
<p>anything else</p>
<p>legacy will play a big part in certain schools</p>
<p>Do you know which schools care most about legacy?</p>
<p><em>coughharvardcough</em></p>
<p>Have you ever perused a common data set? Most colleges have one if you search their sites. There is a section on what the school considers very important, important, etc., in admission decisions. I was surprised to see how much weight is given to teachers' recommendations at some schools, while others don't require them at all.</p>
<p>How do you research the data set to see if what factors have what amount of weight?</p>
<p>Thanks for the not-so-discreet message, jessikins. That is good for me, because I am a legacy at Harvard. :)</p>
<p>mother studied in big H, i read somewhere? but i've never heard of legacy at H being a critical factor...i do know the interview is weighted much more heavily there than at other ivies.</p>
<p>can you direct me to the common data set?</p>
<p>Legacy usually is not the crowning point of an application unless the parents/grandparents have donated inordinate amounts of money.</p>
<p>Here's Stanford's common data set for 2004
<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/home/statistics/%5B/url%5D">http://www.stanford.edu/home/statistics/</a></p>
<p>Scroll down to item C7 under "Freshman Admissions".</p>
<p>thanx ne1 has columbia's?</p>
<p>Dostojevski you are confusing Legacy and Development admits. Sometimes they crossover. An active alum does NOT have to donate $$$ if they have been active.....that is enough. Many times a famous alum is worth just as much as a wealthy one and I don't mean dollar wise.</p>