<p>Does anyone know how much if any Legacy or Double Legacy will help with admission. I am wondering how much it could bump me up if I am up to the NU Admission usual standards. My parents both attended and graduated with good GPA and were both Varsity Athletes.</p>
<p>GPA 3.69
ACT 28<br>
2 sport Varsity athlete
8 AP Courses
other EC's and a job</p>
<p>Assuming you are applying ED (typically legacy gives a bump in ED round only); your ACT score has to go up still.</p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>Legacy is definitely a plus factor on ED apps. Butni agree with NorthwesternDad that your ACT is very weak for NU.</p>
<p>My daughter had similar background (but 33 ACT) and was a double legacy and she was waitlisted. I don’t think being a double legacy will tip the scales without a much stronger ACT.</p>
<p>What makes you think that legacies are only favored ED?</p>
<p>This is typical in most competitve universites. Also, you must be in the general zone for admission even when applying ED.</p>
<p>Because being a legacy and applying ED shows commitment to the school. Being a legacy and applying RD says that you’re not necessarily committed. As the mother of a double legacy who was admitted ED, and who knows quite a few legacies / double legacies who were admitted ED (including 2 in this year’s freshman class), I strongly believe in both of these …</p>
<p>1) If you have a double legacy card to play at NU, play it ED or just don’t bother at all. It is close to meaningless in RD.</p>
<p>2) That said, you have to be in the ballpark for NU in the first place – double legacy may tip the scales with 2 equal candidates, but will not compensate for weakness - and that ACT score really needs to rise into the 30’s to be worth your while. (My S had a 34, I believe.)</p>
<p>The fact that your parents had good GPAs and were varsity athletes is irrelevant. It’s an on/off thing - are they NU graduates, or not. Whether they graduated 2.0 or 4.0 or whether they sat in dorm rooms or led every campus activity doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>If your parents contribute significantly to the university, either with heavy-duty volunteering or BIG (as in 6 / 7 figure donations), that might matter, but you’d likely know that already. My H and I never donated more than trivial amounts to NU and were not involved in volunteering.</p>
<p>I think everyone pretty much nailed it, but I’d like to add that I wouldn’t think of it as “bumping up” an application, but more like tipping the scales like someone above said. If you’re close but they’re not totally sure, they might go “Oh, he’s a legacy, lets let him in.” I’d take the ACT again and shoot for a higher score</p>
<p>Please chance another double legacy applying early. One parent has a long history of volunteerism. Consistent low level contributions</p>
<p>SAT Math 720, CR 730, W 790
Weighted GPA 4.2 from an excellent suburban public school
Strong program-- all honors and AP classes (AP English, AP Lit, AP US History, AP Calc)
Chinese Honor Society
Newspaper Editor
Assorted clubs, sports and community service activities</p>
<p>I think you get in.</p>