Does the legacy hook have any weight at the RD stage?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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My kid is a legacy at Penn, but it’s not her first choice, so she doesn’t want to be bound by applying ED. The question is whether the legacy hook is worthless during RD?

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You do hear that Penn wants legacies to apply ED, but I know some that have been taken at RD

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Thanks for the info. If it were EA, rather than ED, she’d do it. But there are probably 3 or 4 schools she’d rather attend, so she doesn’t want her hands tied.

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Even if some legacies are taken RD, I doubt that they have any advantage over another RD applicant. It seems fairly apparent that Penn gives the legacies an advantage only in the ED round.

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