<p>Just out of curiosity who do you think gets a bigger push "in", or helps them have a better chance of getting in, a legacy or latino/a student?</p>
<p>I’d definitely say that Legacy students have a higher rate of acceptance.</p>
<p>URM>Legacy and it’s not even close.</p>
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Ah, how I love objective truths defined by statistical evidence.</p>
<p>Seriously, though, it’s hard to tell. We don’t have the admission rates for each individual groups. And even if we did, there would be other considerations. Catholics in general, especially Latinos, are more likely to be working-class, not upper-class. This does not hold true, however, for graduates of top universities. Since income correlates to quality of school and tutoring and SAT preparation, some of the boost for legacies can conceivably be attributed to their higher income, though it is true that Notre Dame has a much higher legacy attendance rate than its peers.</p>
<p>However, it’s not very important to have a concrete answer, since no one will be making the choice of whether to be a legacy or a Latino for admissions.</p>
<p>I knew a few latino/a(s) with sub 30 ACTs while at ND. The lowest score I’d ever knew of a legacy having among my friend group was a 31. Legacy means less now than it did then, and ND still wants minorities to compose a larger portion of the student body. Legacy seems to push you over the edge if your numbers are there, URM status seems to be worth ACT points.</p>
<p>Hmm I would say legacy. I know someone who is attending ND with decent stats (nothing spectacular) but her father, three uncles and grandfather all attended ND.</p>
<p>Sorry if it seemed as if I was going to pick one or the other, I was just wondering since I am latino coming from a working class family, and love ND and wanted to know how much of a push it actually gives you. The reason I mentioned legacy was due to the fact that last year at my school 2 students (Caucasian) who had 32 act’s and 4.3 weighted gpa’s (out of 5.0, but not necessarily true due to not being able to take advanced courses in the Theology department), were accepted to ND and both were legacies, and wanted to compare my stats to them. I know a lot more things contribute to being accepted at ND, but I just wanted to have something I could compare to my own resume.</p>
<p>if your ACTs are that high you have an excellent shot.</p>
<p>yes, nearly. I got a 31 last time I took it but I’m hoping I can improve to a 32 or 33. Last time I talked to someone though they told me that a friend of theirs that was accepted and was latino had a 28</p>
<p>This is just my opinion from closely watching the accepted student cc threads over the last 6-7 years. That could be skewed from lots of things. CC is not a normal population. Having said that, I feel that URM is worth more than being legacy at ND. Yes, ND accepts more legacies than most universities. They also have many legacies applying. I think legacy is a tip when the numbers are there, or very very close. S graduated from ND this May.</p>
<p>The accepted student threads show URMs getting accepted with ACT of 27-30. I don’t recall seeing other posters, legacy or not, being accepted with that level of scores. ND’s “diversity” is lacking quite a bit compared with other T20 schools, and they are always trying to increase those numbers.</p>
<p>Jesuit–good luck!!</p>