<p>Both my parents went to grad school at Stanford, does that help my chance of getting in? If so, how much?</p>
<p>My unweighted gpa is 3.8, and my sat score was 2000, I know those aren't anywhere near Stanford numbers, but do I have any chance?</p>
<p>I don't think it'd help much, if at all.</p>
<p>Numbers aren't enough to see whether you'd get in; we need to see ECs, awards/honors, etc. The GPA is good; the SAT score would need to be higher.</p>
<p>My extra-curriculars are unspectacular. I play tennis, edit the school newspaper, and am part of a peer mediation program. I've done about 100 volunteer hours working at a meals program for the homeless, and I've worked at my local library for the past three summers. I'm a member of NHS, and I've achieved a few small awards at my school for maintaing a high gpa. What do you think I'd need to raise my SAT score to in order to have a shot?</p>
<p>Actually, legacy helps from what I've seen. It won't get you in singlehandedly, but it helps.</p>
<p>I'd say you have a shot, as does anyone else. I heard they waitlist a lot of legacies, but they never get off the list.</p>
<p>I've seen the opposite, actually -- that legacy helps little, whether your parents went for grad or undergrad. Now, if they were professors there, it'd probably be a different story.</p>
<p>a question regarding legacy status:
if a siblign either is attending or graduated from a specifi univ, will i be considered a legacy applicant when i apply to that same univ?</p>
<p>As for siblings, I believe it depends on the university, but for Stanford, having siblings there officially makes no difference in their decision to admit you.</p>