My wife works for an Ivy League institution; as such, if either (or both) of our kids are able to get accepted to this university, they would go for free. Not a bad deal. The problem is, they would still need to get accepted. Both kids are smart, so no worries there, but it’s a competitive school.
Now, as it happens, I’m looking at Ed.D. programs, and this Ivy League university offers a program that looks interesting…it would be a bit of a drive to get to class, and tuition is marginally higher than some of the other schools I’ve looked at, but it’s do-able. This is not the same university where I got my undergraduate or my master’s degrees.
My question is this: If I were to go to this university and graduate, would it have any sort of impact on my kids being accepted to the school as undergraduate students?
Unless it is Columbia, search for “ common data set “. Section C question 7 will have your answer. What it will not tell you is the value of the benefit.
For some colleges, only alums of the undergrad count for legacy status. For others, alums of the graduate schools also count. You have to search for who qualifies for legacy for the particular college.
Princeton sent my mom a letter saying that their overall admit rate was 6-7% but that legacy admit rate was 30%. Why this is so, the letter didn’t say. However, it did say that all applications are evaluated equally, so idk.
For others checking out this thread title, google a school’s Common Data Set and check section C7’s Alumni/ae relation to see if the school considers legacy.
Children of Ivy League alumni are likely from at least moderately affluent families and have had the advantage of going to good schools and being raised in a family that values education and knows how to direct their kids into the EC’s etc. that will help. That explains a large part of the supposed legacy advantage and the much higher acceptance rate.
Wouldn’t your kids get an admissions advantage from the fact that your wife works there? I always thought that helped too. Can she help get them research with professors there or other connections?