<p>Does anybody have any experience about the role that legacy plays out at AESD schools? What impact does parental legacy have on alumni children? Does it differ from school to school? I didn't send my other children to Andover, but have one child who seems to "fit" the Andover profile, and who may apply, and am wondering if Andover weighs alumni status? I am a bit out of touch with Andover now, but Andover admissions seem to be considerably more competitive than they were in the nineteen seventies. I am curious as to how this plays out in practice. Thanks for any insights you can offer.</p>
<p>a girl at my school got really messed up last year and her grades fell alot even though she was the best math student in the place. to make a long story short, her grandfather is a trustee for sps and she went there despite minimal extra cirriculars and bad marks</p>
<p>oldprep, I sent you a pm about this.</p>
<p>I believe at Andover it is taken into account, but not heavily. We have a good, but not excessive, number of kids who are legacies.</p>
<p>And I personally know a student who has neraly 20- count 'um - 20 family members who have attended one of the "big" schools. A building has the family name on it. Unfortunately, this student's grades and scores are quite low and the student did not get in as a 9th grader. They are hoping toto be accepted either as a repeat 9th grader or 10th grader.</p>
<p>i am so sick of lagacy kids. it seems like they get in easier. (no offense to you legaicies out there) it just doesn't seem fair to me to admit a kid jsut be acsue his great grandparent twice-removed went there when he was 14. Why should that make a person a better candidate?!!!! i'm sorry if i'm offending anybody, but the fact that a legacy might be the determining factir for one kid getting in over somebody else really makes me mad. and sad. :(</p>
<p>On the other hand I know a kid who was a legacy at one of these top schools, wealthy family that could have donated serious cash, the school knew it. Also a terrific student with outstanding grades and scores. Denied admission. </p>
<p>Legacy is not everything, and with these schools in particular trying to broaden their reach beyond the traditional families, it seems to mean less and less each year.</p>