<p>I have a friend in my school whose parents both attended the Fu Foundation SEAS. He'll be applying ED just like me...and I'm scared that my chances will be slimmer just because he's a legacy (not to mention "double" legacy). </p>
<p>So does Columbia give a lot of weight to legacy students?</p>
<p>"I have a friend in my school whose parents both attended the Fu Foundation SEAS. He'll be applying ED just like me...and I'm scared that my chances will be slimmer just because he's a legacy (not to mention "double" legacy). </p>
<p>So does Columbia give a lot of weight to legacy students?"</p>
<p>not a lot, but it helps. If your parents are filthy rich and are likely to donate or have already donated then it might help some more. It's the same for every other college, his being a legacy doesn't directly lower your chances. giving him an advantage puts everyone else at a very slight disadvantage. These slight disadvantages add up with many legacies. BUt overall it's hardly a disadvantage to be non-legacy.</p>
<p>i dont think i agree with confidentialcoll.... i think if you and your friend have similar qualifications then they will probably pick him over you. </p>
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his being a legacy doesn't directly lower your chances. giving him an advantage puts everyone else at a very slight disadvantage. These slight disadvantages add up with many legacies. BUt overall it's hardly a disadvantage to be non-legacy.
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<p>i dont think you're completely correct here. you would be right if OP's friend wasn't at his same school but since they are both at the same school it could make it harder for OP to get in.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input, you guys!</p>
<p>Sometimes I wish my dad donated a building to Columbia or something. Now THAT will up my chances hahah.</p>
<p>haha yeah but if you could afford to donate a building i don't think getting into columbia would matter so much to columbia, whole buildings are pretty expensive. heck, i think a million dollar lifetime contribution to columbia just gets you a plaque in one of the campus buildings.</p>
<p>I actually have a similar question. my friend has 3 bros/sisters that go to Columbia and he attends my school. He has an edge on me with SAT scores but I am better at extracurrics and GPA. Do you see Columbia letting two people from the same school in for ED?</p>
<p>I read somewhere that being a legacy doubles chances for you. I don't know if that's true or not. </p>
<p>It also depends, I think, on whether your school has a good relation with Columbia. I think Columbia hates my school or something. For the last five years there's only one student from my school attending Columbia. Sigh.</p>
<p>"I actually have a similar question. my friend has 3 bros/sisters that go to Columbia and he attends my school. He has an edge on me with SAT scores but I am better at extracurrics and GPA. Do you see Columbia letting two people from the same school in for ED?"]</p>
<p>this doesn't officially help, but unofficially it probably does.</p>
<p>"It also depends, I think, on whether your school has a good relation with Columbia. I think Columbia hates my school or something. For the last five years there's only one student from my school attending Columbia. Sigh."</p>
<p>if people were getting accepted to hyps and not columbia, then columbia does not have a good rep with your school and you are at a disadvantage, though they still might take you if you make the cut.</p>
<p>Yeah, people at my school do make it to HYPS, but hardly ever to Columbia. Well, around four or so apply every year to Columbia, which is fewer than the ten or so that apply to Harvard or Yale. Hmm well I hope I make the cut this year =)</p>
<p>Would you say that the legacy factor is weighted more in the Early or Regular round? </p>
<p>I'm weighing my options and ED at Columbia is attractive except for the binding (versus SCEA Stanford or Yale, which I'm also thinking of). Obviously, if I have a much better chance at ED Columbia than doing SCEA and then RD'ing Columbia, I'd take the risk.</p>
<p>Hmm all I know is that the legacies comprise a sizeable chunk of Columbia's ED pool. </p>
<p>Maybe you should reevaluate your college options, on whether Columbia really is your first-choice college. If you had to pick between Columbia, Stanford, or Yale, which would you choose? If you prefer Stanford or Yale over Columbia, go with their EA. If there's nowhere you'd rather be besides Columbia, go with its ED. There's no point getting into a college that you don't love, and it's a shame if you regret going ED because at the back of your mind there's Stanford and Yale.</p>