<p>I was wondering how much do you think it helps if you apply to Georgetown and one of your parents went and is an active alumni member and donor and both of your siblings also graduated there? What if you are also a minority because of your other parent(Hispanic)??
Thanks</p>
<p>Opps! Like I am trying to say my parent that went to Gtown was white but my parent who did not is Hispanic, so I am a White Hispanic.</p>
<p>It certainly can’t hurt, it’s a shame you didn’t apply EA, because that would’ve shown more enthusiasm, and probably, with your strong familial connections, an acceptance, but I feel legacy does carry some wait in RD, just much less than in EA</p>
<p><a href=“Study Finds Family Connections Give Big Advantage in College Admissions - The New York Times”>Study Finds Family Connections Give Big Advantage in College Admissions - The New York Times;
<p>"A new study of admissions at 30 highly selective colleges found that legacy applicants get a big advantage. According to the study, by Michael Hurwitz, a doctoral student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, applicants to a parents alma mater had, on average, seven times the odds of admission of nonlegacy applicants.
Among the 30 colleges, the legacy advantage varied enormously: one college was more than 15 times as likely to accept legacy applicants, while at another, the effect was insignificant.</p>
<p>As a condition of access to the data, Mr. Hurwitz said, he agreed not to identify the colleges. "</p>
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<p>URM = +
LEGACY= +</p>
<p>If you are close , you have 2 tiebreakers!</p>
<p>However, don’t feel bad that you didn’t apply EA. Unlike most schools, Georgetown does not take legacy into account for the EA round, as it only defers candidates, rather than reject. So just apply now, and see what happens!</p>
<p>Obviously, there’s no hard and fast way to evaluate the impact of legacies. Anecdotally, my freshman roommate was a total moron, but also a legacy (and a athlete, though a poor one). I’m convinced he only got in because of legacy status. Take it for what its worth.</p>
<p>My dad knows someone who went to Georgetown for both undergrad and grad school, and his wife did as well. However, none of their children could get accepted to Georgetown. It can’t be that big of a deal, because I’m sure those people had decent stats.</p>
<p>^^Decent and strong/competitive are not the same thing, and if one’s numbers are merely “decent,” I don’t think that being a legacy is worth much.</p>