<p>According to a new study, legacy status may offer up to a 45% advantage for admission to elite schools.</p>
<p>Legacy</a> Students Up To 45% More Likely To Be Admitted To Elite Colleges</p>
<p>Here we go again.</p>
<p>[Legacy’s</a> Advantage May Be Greater Than Was Thought - Students - The Chronicle of Higher Education](<a href=“http://chronicle.com/article/Legacys-Advantage-May-Be/125812/]Legacy’s”>http://chronicle.com/article/Legacys-Advantage-May-Be/125812/)</p>
<p>I applied to a college where my legal guardian attended. I don’t know if that counts as legacy or not. </p>
<p>A friend of mine was waitlisted at Amherst College (his father’s alma mater) and the father offered a lot of money to the school (called the Dean directly) and the kid still didn’t get in. His grades were not that bad but neither legacy nor money seemed to help him.</p>