Legacy stats

Colleges and Universities A-Z Harvard University
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<p>Hello. First time poster. Go easy on me alright, I just had a few questions. </p>

<p>-What percent of legacies get into Harvard?
-Will both parents going there help more than one?
-Do they consider legacies explicitly against one another or is it more of a golf handicap type thing?
-Does it matter how much your parents donate? (because I'm thinking nothing...)
-Would it matter if a parent was a prof at the business school in the past?
-Does anyone have a breakdown of what percent of legacies get in with what SAT? More to the point, what % get in with a 2340 SAT? </p>

<p>These and other questions plague me. alright i'm out.</p>

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<p>More to the point</p>

<p>Alright say both my parents went to Harvard. Say I got the highest grades possible, a 2340 SAT, went to RSI rising senior and Harvard SSP rising junior (where i got 2 As), have fairly average but strong ECs (founder school newspaper, class president), and outstanding recs and everything. Say i'm white. What would my chances be? </p>

<p>Woah. That was to the point.</p>

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<p>Very, very high.</p>

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<p>Legacies get in at three or four times the overall acceptance rate.</p>

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<p>if both parents went to grad school there does it count for undergrad admissions legacy</p>

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<p>brucecampbell: No. Legacy only comes into play if your parents went to Harvard undergrad.</p>