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<p>Thanks for the figures. Just curious where you got the 15-20% figure on recruited athletes.</p>
<p>The USNews site says 15% of the entire male undergrad student body are varsity athletes, but all Ivies have to "over-recruit" for the freshman class, since without the hammer of athletic scholarships there is a certain amount of attrition on varsity rosters. </p>
<p>Just check out a few teams and compare the number of freshman and sophomores with the number of juniors and seniors. This is why I said "15-20%"</p>
<p>Thanks again.</p>
<p>So for admisstion to Brown the best thing to be is a legacy male athlete.</p>
<p>a legacy URM male athlete from North Dakota.</p>
<p>Probably close to 100% admit! Provided that they had a sufficient Academic Index! ;-)</p>
<p>a legacy URM male athlete orphan with a nobel prize from North Dakota.</p>
<p>Provided that, as an orphan, he was adopted by Sidney Frank.</p>
<p>I had a kid at my school who, though smart, wasn't really Ivy material. I think his ACTs were like 29 and class rank barely in top 5%. He was admitted to Brown with double legacy.</p>
<p>Thats pretty much proof that Brown does do legacy, unlike what the OP suggests</p>
<p>"barely in the top 5%"? Top 5% can be really good, especially at a small private school like mine where that would have been just the top 3 people, or a really competative public schools. Also, an ACT of 29 is low, but it's not out of the question for Brown, if this person had amazing extracurriculars or some kind of special talent.</p>
<p>Legacy might've given this person a "boost," but he wouldn't have gotten in if Brown hadn't seen something in him besides what you saw as being "not Ivy material."</p>
<p>We know that Brown does "do legacy," but your story doesn't "prove" that it is a decisive factor in many people's applications.</p>
<p>Not to deride this person, but his ECs weren't really impressive. He had some music ecs but he wasn't anything too special. Top 5% at our school, though an achievement, means being in the top 35 kids which really isn't that hard.</p>
<p>While they apparently may not pay heed to legacies, they love seeing siblings get in. My sister went to Brown, and I know many many other people who have siblings here, or who have graduated.</p>