<p>how much can a legacy help you when applying for a top tier school? also, i heard that having more than one sibling or a sibling who is very succesful and well known at the school you apply to.</p>
<p>i don’t know much about siblings, i think in that case you’d have to get in on your own merit, and have having a sibling be a “tipper”… idk.</p>
<p>about legacies, i think it depends on the degree of legacy. i mean if you’re applying for hotchkiss and you’re from the GM/Mars family, then i’d assume you’re pretty much guaranteed admission. but if you were applying to exeter and you had like a grandfather who graduated from there but didn’t really give anything to their grad fund, ever, i don’t know if it would count for much… in general, i think it would HELP, but would not guarantee admission. nowhere near that, really… unless your family donated a bunch of buildings, i don’t think it would count for too much.</p>
<p>i’m sure there’s some really long, detailed debate about this buried somewhere. any parents care to chime in…?</p>
<p>Being a legacy helps (and that includes siblings), but it won’t get you in on its own - even if your family is a big donor. Rumor is that DA had 94 legacy applicants for the 90 spots in the freshman class. Clearly all of the legacies did not get admitted.</p>
<p>Agreed with 1012mom and DiveAlive. Legacy helps but doesn’t guarantee, unless your family donated half of the school. Otherwise legacy plus a sibling who’s graduated with a lot of merit is pretty helpful.</p>