How much does being a legacy count?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I've heard all about Notre Dame's policy about legacies...how they reserve 25% of the available spaces in their freshman class for legacies and all of that. But this statistic really doesn't help me much because I have no idea what percentage of the applicants are legacies, what percentage of those legacies actually get in, and how their stats look compared to everyone else. So basically...that's what I'm asking you guys. I'm a legacy...my dad graduated back in '81. I'm a little below the average, I was wondering if it's still a huge long shot for me. I will definitely be in atleast the top 7-8% of my senior class, taking the hardest courses I could and my ECs are numerous. My SATs were satisfactory, but if I score in the high 1300s - 1400 range, am I looking good for admission, or no? </p>

<p>thanks :-)</p>

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<p>Notre Dame's admissions seemed a little random to me this year looking at the kids in my school who got in/didn't. Both of my parents went to Notre Dame and my dad went there for grad school too. When we visited we asked the admissions counseler she said that legacies are looked at separately, so you're really competing against other legacy kids which could be good, or it could be very bad.</p>

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<p>Georgetown has the same policy of a seperate applicant pool.</p>