how much of a hook is a legacy at dartmouth?

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<p>My dad's a fairly active dartmouth alumni...helps out with local admissions interviews, and has been donating (all though no large sums or anything :-p) every year since graduation.</p>

<p>i'm a junior so i'm not taking satIIs,SATS and APs till a little bit later this year (waiting for new SATs and what not). but i'm top 8% of my class, all honors/AP classes possible since frosh year, with about a 4.1w, 3.7 uw gpa. very good ecs. in a magnet program at my school for students interested in govt/international relations. 1320 on psats but have taken some sat classes and hope to improve. i know i'm not strait A+s or valedictorian or anything, but assuming my SATS continue in the trend of my PSATS, would having the legacy plus applying ed next year give me a little bit of a shot in hell?</p>

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<p>i heard legacy depends a lot on geography too...where are you from? but then, of course legacy helps.</p>

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<p>nj. nowhere special :-p.</p>

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<p>legacy helps, thats how i got in</p>

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<p>Helps but apply ED to have a shot. Try to raise the scores too...</p>

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<p>I think itll be a MAJOR boost</p>