<p>I'm a legacy at Stanford, but have really bad SAT I scores for the school. GPA, ECs, and SAT II are pretty good, so should I maximize my chances and apply EA at Stanford?</p>
<p>Essentially, does my legacy status help lessen the impact of my SAT Score?</p>
<p>Legacies at most top schools have test scores and qualifications very close to that of the general pool. Stanford is not big on legacies. They take about 25% of legacy applicants compared to nearly 50% od some of the ivies. </p>
<p>Unless your parents are powerful alum who have given a lot of time or money to the school, it's doubtful that being a legacy will help much if your scores are low for the applicant pool. Are you by chance a URM (ebony?). That would really help.</p>
<p>according to A is For Admission, URMs have the biggest cut. unless your dad is some rich donor, then it's much tougher to use that as your hook.</p>
<p>LOL. no, i'm asian. i get that a lot though. my SAT scores aren't terrible; i have 1470 (old), but its not terribly competitive either.</p>
<p>gosh that sounds like it should be ok. harvard's avg is only 1495.</p>
<p>I don't know about Stanford, but I interview for Harvard and have watched the success or lack thereof of legacy candidates for many years. It seems to be less of a factor year over year.</p>
<p>This year two legacies I interviewed with stats far above average were waitlisted, the polite rejection. I think legacies need to be just as strong as the pool as a whole and get the nod over an equally good candidate only.</p>