<p>bingo diammon also, I think the legacy parents start planning years in advance for their application.</p>
<p>No doubt legacies matter. No doubt they get preferences. But do they really have about three times the chance of getting into a top BS over non-legacies? Maybe. If so, I would think that such a BS would never mumble a word about the wide differences it creates at its school between the blessed and the cursed. As I have always maintained, BS’s, as private schools, can and should do just about anything they wish in admissions. That said, I sure don’t think that they really want the world to know just how the wide the gap is between the elect and the damned. Still, I think such info is critical, if true, and should be published if for no other reason than to encourage schools to tell the children, whose hearts they are trying to win, that these same schools plan to break their hearts at a rate of 3 times greater than kids with parents graduating from their schools. Schools exist to teach. They need to teach the children the rules of the application game so that can decide whether or no the children and their parents want to play.</p>
<p>I actually think a more interestinng stat would be the admit rate of full pay vs FA. I’ve never seen a breakdown of how many apps are FP vs FA. I think the alum rate is similar to most colleges yes?</p>
<p>Let’s do some calculation. Last year, Andover’s overall acceptance rate is 16.6% (450/2711). Now, we don’t know Andover’s legacy rate, but Exeter published its legacy rate as 10.2%. If we can assume Andover has similar legacy rate and it is true with last year’s admitted class, then legacy admits would be 46. If the legacy admit rate is indeed 43%, then the total legacy applicants would be 107. The acceptance rate for non-legacy therefore would be (450-46)/(2711-107) = 15.5%. I had to make many assumptions here, but that’s the closest we can get.</p>
<p>The much harder question is how much <em>actual</em> help being a legacy gains; many legacy students will (obviously) be from homes with very bright, talented, well educated parents, likely very interested in BS, which is clearly a leg up, but one that isn’t that directly due to legacy status.</p>
<p>I expect it does get a candidate a much more careful reading, some brownie points, and if every thing else seems equal between several candidates, some small preference, and if the parents have <em>lots</em> of money some more significant preference. Endowment comes from someplace, after all.</p>
<p>First choice: Andover (Low-Medium)
Second choice: SPS/Choate (Medium)
Third choice: Hotchkiss (Medium-High)
Fourth choice: Deerfield (Low-Medium)</p>
<p>First Choice: Deerfield (Low but I think/hope I had good interviews)
Second Choice: Hotchkiss (Medium?)
Third: Andover and Taft (Very low and the higher end of medium)</p>
<p>Perhaps I should elaborate more 
Even if I’m not accepted at A/E, I still attend one of the best schools in my country. The reason why I wanted to apply in the first place was because my current school emphasizes too much in academics, particularly science.</p>
<p>Second reason: I actually considered applying to SPS and Hotchkiss. But I decided not to. By the time I sent my candidate profile, the deadline was imminent. I dared not take the risk. </p>
<p>Hope my brief explanation helps :D</p>
<p>And of course, since the very beginning, I already knew my chances were extremely low.</p>
<p>During the interview, I tried to dig info from the interviewer. He said that being a legacy did help, because:
1st. Usually the kids are smart, motivated, and have prepared this for a looong time.
2nd. And their parents are smart, motivated, and graduated from that school.</p>
<p>lol:D</p>
<p>1st choice, PEA/PA (lowish-medium low)
2nd choice, Loomis Chaffee/NMH (medium high, possibly no FA)
3rd choice, Deerfield/ High Mowing School/ Miss Hall’s School (derrfield: medium-high, other two: very high, but no FA, maybe a merit scholarship from Miss Hall’s)</p>
<p>sound kinda conceited and my chances of getting into deerfield are probly lower than that, but i really clicked with my interviewer, and the last two aren’t very selective, and really seemed to like me.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about it-I et what you’re saying.</p>
<p>I’m really ****ed off at my parents who are already saying that I can’t go to revisit days even if I do get in because they are ‘pointles’ I just have to make a decision. Well mabye they’ll let me go to one because they’ve already decided the school I will attend if I get in. I mean don’t worry about MY opinion, I’m just going to be the one attending the school for 4 years!!!</p>
<p>really? my mom hangs every hope on revisit days. She’s convinced ill get in (but worried about fa), and thinks that revisits are the most important thing in the world.</p>
<p>Can we swap? My parents are also convinced I’ll get in but think the whole thing is no big deal and that They may not let me go anyway or if they do it’ll be to the school of their choosing as they’re paying according to my father.</p>
<p>and blueraven you’re right, it’s just not their decision to make, and though, legally, they can control you, they should consider you opinion.</p>
<p>errrrr, adults are annoying
ssrs</p>
<p>IN fairness my mother will let me choose and then she’ll convince my father</p>
<p>yay!! im pretty sure my parenrs will leave it up to me, im not even opening the decisions in front of them tho, cuz i dont want them to make early judgements</p>
<p>blue, does your father’s perspective, aside from $, have any value to you at all?</p>
<p>Sure it does. I just count my opinion higher, I know they have mor experience and all that but they’re biased against BS. If I’d listened to them I wouldn’t have applied to BS at all.</p>