<p>K, so I'll give you a list of my stats.
I'm White, from an IB school in Denver. I'm in the top 5% of my class.
33 on the ACT. haven't taken the SAT subject tests yet.</p>
<p>IB HL chem
IB HL hist.
IB HL Eng.
IB SL Math
IB SL French
IB SL econ</p>
<p>Pretty good list of ec's, volunteer work etc.</p>
<p>Now heres the main question, I have six relatives who went to Stanford, two of which ended up becoming professors there. Will this help with my admission chances much?</p>
<p>"Now heres the main question, I have six relatives who went to Stanford, two of which ended up becoming professors there. Will this help with my admission chances much?"</p>
<p>I think this will help very much, although the school never seems to admit it. I think the "official" policy for legacies is that it will bump a student on the edge of being admitted and rejected to being accepted. If you have a really good essay I think you'll make it.</p>
<p>i heard that legacy is huge @ stanford.
even their legacy section in the application looks scary, no?</p>
<p>There are varying "degrees" of legacy. Parents and grandparents might be considered more carefully in the equation, vs. aunts, uncles, cousins, or in some cases, even siblings.</p>
<p>I remember looking up legacy stats when I was applying several years ago, and although this was under the old dean of admissions, the only policy I could ever find was something along the lines of, "given two applicants equal in all other respects, a legacy will be preferred over a non-legacy."</p>
<p>And most times, it's impossible to find who applicants who are equal in all respects (including essay quality, ECs, scores, etc.)</p>
<p>One thing I would note is that no one (over the years anyway) has ever proved that legacies are a big deal in Stanford admissions. In this particular case, having relatives being legacy pales in comparison to having two family members who are professors there. Provided you are an interesting applicant and not some sort of deadbeat :), I think you have pretty good chances at getting in.</p>
<p>isn't the main reason for legacy donations?
so... hint hint</p>
<p>thanks for all the answers, i think im going to apply ea to stanford, but i'll definitely keep my options open</p>