<p>I was reading about Hill School yesterday, it says that 1/3 of its student body is legacy. Here are my questions:</p>
<li><p>Is 1/3 high comparing to other top boarding schools? </p></li>
<li><p>What does high percentage of legacy students mean to a school? good or bad.</p></li>
<li><p>How much more advantages legacy students have at admission?</p></li>
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<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>That seems very high. I wonder what exactly is considered legacy; does having had a sibling attend constitute a legacy?</p>
<p>a legacy is if you have a parent or someone directly related to you through blood...
i think in a way, the legacy must've paid some amount of money.</p>
<p>no, siblings don't count as a legacy.</p>
<p>but Hill prides itself in being a family boarding school (not nearly as much as exeter's harkness, but in a similar concept to that), a place where tradition passes on etc etc.</p>
<p>1/3 is a lot though, sps is considered pretty high with 1/4.</p>
<p>Schools define legacy in different ways. One third does not seem unusual, especially if legacy can include grandparents and siblings. Blair has 27% of students with a family connection. I think this includes parents and grandparents, and it probably includes siblings. I remember discussions about SPS legacy. Someone might have said that legacy is as high as 40% some years. Westminster posts on its website that it is 28% siblings/legacies. </p>
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<p>Legacy families do not pay money to be considered a legacy.</p>
<p>One of my pet peeves w/ CC is when folks post info that is incorrect people take it as the gospel. Burb parent, I do remember the discussion you reference regarding SPS and legacies but it isn't factual and I rebutted it at the time.</p>
<p>From the SPS website re: 2008 admissions:
Of the 148 new students expected in the fall, 77 are boys and 71 girls. The students hail from 24 states and 12 countries. Included in those numbers are 21 new students of color and 24 students with an alumni or sibling relationship with the School. </p>
<p>So that is 16% legacies for SPS based on BOTH alumni and sibling relationship, and the same percentage applied for 2007 admissions. Just want to correct bad info.</p>
<p>a lot of legacies do apply to the schools in the first place because of the fact that someone in their family went there, so you have to take that into account
(NO idea if that made sense...it made sense in my head.) </p>
<p>but, i was a 4th generation legacy at SPS and i think my families done a lot for the school (i don't really know) and i got wait-listed until august...so i don't think they discriminate. (which is a very good thing)</p>