<p>anyone here who attends the University of Chicago have a parents who works there?</p>
<p>I used to work there, and my daughter attends. But she does not frequent these boards...</p>
<p>do you think the fact that you workered there helped her get in?</p>
<p>One of my closest friends from Harvard is the child of a tenured faculty member. He is very bright with a great personality, but he's the first to tell you that he did not have competitive credentials as a high school senior (as indeed he told me the night I met him). He had good class rank, but scores and ECs well below what you'd expect to see from an unrecruited WASP admitted to Harvard. Plus, he got into Harvard and UMass, but nowhere else, even though he applied to several match schools less competitive than Harvard. We can never know for sure whether his faculty parent played a role in the decision, but he believes that he got in largely because of that connection, and I think that's the best explanation for his admissions results. Of course, disclaimers, this is one individual, this was several years ago, yada yada.</p>
<p>i assume the school does consider it greatly. i dont agree with what some posters have said. you guys are just being naive. the school is learning to treat its alumni well like HPY. in a perfect world, a perfect school, it would be a level playing field, but thats just not the case in today's cut throat college admissions process. ten yrs ago, it may not have been a big deal, but i guarantee you it is now.</p>
<p>at most schools, children of factulty go tuition free, or at least get half off.</p>
<p>yes children of faculty do get their tuition waivered, but im more concerned about what it means in the admissions process.</p>
<p>Hanna, having worked at Harvard, too, I can tell you about a lot of faculty whose kids were rejected at H, and got into places like Chicago. I suspect the case you cite is an outlier. </p>
<p>In answer to AT, I was at H when my D got into Chicago.</p>
<p>If you think of it in business terms, and that's what college admissions is, a business. it makes little sense to have a broad policy of admissions advantages to faculty or staff: 1. it hurts revenue greatly; 2. It is no help in terms of social goals, as opposed to URM recruitiing, for example; 3. it is no help in fundraising, in contrast to alumni tips, as faculty just don't make enough to be significant targets, and aren't great targets for annual fund appeals.</p>
<p>aspiring_1010 thinks the attitude towards alums is changing. but consider this: Does it make sense to give a SECRET tip to alum kids in admissions? I don't think so. In fact, it makes more sense to announce a tip but not give much. Research has shown that alumni donations tend to peak during their kids' HS years and drop off if the kids are not legacies. Knowing this, the only practice that makes sense is an announced policy.</p>
<p>I have no doubt that lots of exceptions, like Hanna's example, exist. Schools will do a lot to please their star faculty, after all. But my sense, after knowing quite a few results from admissions, as well as school policies, is that being the child of a faculty member (or staff) means little in the admissions arena.</p>
<p>What does matter is that faculty members, as pointed out in one of GG's links, "are highly educated, and studies show that gives a boost to children in achievement," And the kids are often, especially at places like Harvard, legacies, as a lot of Harvard faculty went to Harvard.</p>
<p>Little known fact: Harvard is the only (to my knowledge) major private university that does not have a tuition remission program for faculty kids. Faculty kids pay full price, or whatever the fin aid office dictates.</p>
<p>At the admission's open house last spring, Ted O' Neill responded that if two candiadates have equal credentials , a legacy would have an advantage over a non legacy.</p>
<p>toshima, he actually said that? </p>
<p>people all like connections, its a part of human nature. thats the way it is.</p>
<p>my husband is on the medical faculty at emory and my son's bio (deceased) mom graduated from UNC.
while my son has earned the rank of second in his small class of 60 while taking the toughest courses offered, his sat scores are at best, mediocre.
he's applied to both schools.
anyone know how Emory handles faculty kids (vaguely or specifically)?
i know oos state legacys get an advantage of oos non-legacies at unc, but how does that work?</p>
<p>Your best bet is to call the respective universities and try to speak to someone authoritative in the admissions offices, IMHO. And do keep in mind that few folks really know how anyplace makes its admissions decisions, and even fewer know how places handle hooks and preferences.</p>