Harvard Fac Brat?

[squash0107]

Is it actually true that faculty kids are more likely to be accepted to Harvard? Does anyone know stats?

[skieurope]

Is it actually true that faculty kids are more likely to be accepted to Harvard?

Yes, it is true. However, unlike at some other universities, the kids do not get a tuition discount.

Does anyone know stats?

Other than “higher than average?” The admissions office, I assume; but they won’t tell you.

[JHS]

I don’t know specifically about Harvard, but I think way, way higher than average. Short of being a Nobel Prize or Oscar winner, or maybe a McDonald’s All-American with a 4.0 GPA and 1500+ SATs, it’s about the most powerful hook there is at most universities. My impression is that qualified children of tenured faculty members are admitted if they apply. There aren’t that many of them in any particular year.

A friend was recruited from a rival university to chair a department at his single-initial alma mater. Neither of his first two children had been admitted as legacy applicants. Admission for his youngest child was explicitly one of the benefits offered if he took the job. It worked.

[gibby]

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2006/4/24/few-perks-for-faculty-with-kids/

According to Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis ’70-’73, approximately 12 to 20 children of faculty apply to the College each year and are accepted at a significantly higher-than-average rate. Faculty members’ children are given “particular care by the admissions committee,” Lewis says. But given their familiarity with the school, she says, faculty are less likely to have their children apply if they do not think Harvard would be a good match.

[squash0107]

thanks for all your replies! this is crazy to think about but apparently its like a 50% admissions rate. (8 in 16)