<p>I want to know how much it will help me. I'm actually a double legacy. My parents haven't given a lot of money, but will that help me at all? </p>
<p>I'm a good student, 2250 SAT, 3.75 gpa at a school where grades are deflated heavily, solid ECs that include two $3500 grants from my school. If I apply ED will my legacy status "push me in" so to speak?</p>
<p>Oh, and I’m hoping to raise my SAT to the 2300 range in the fall if it makes any difference.</p>
<p>You do realize that you are only a legacy if your parents (mom and dad) received their undergrad degrees at Dartmouth? There is no extra boost or “double legacy” if both your parents graduated from the school. </p>
<p>Your [other relatives’] attending will not constitute you being a legacy.</p>
<p>I don’t know why, but I don’t like your tone. I’m not a student, but something about your talk of money and your family’s power just screams a complacency that I don’t think would fit in at Dartmouth.</p>
<p>Then again, it’s 3 A.M.</p>
<p>You will get in OP. Just sit back, relax, and enjoy your inevitable acceptance.</p>
<p>errr pretty sure my tone isn’t complacent. And my mom did attend, I’m just noting [other relatives] did too. I am ASKING whether or not their money/influence will help me get in because I honestly don’t know. I would love constructive answers.</p>
<p>Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>Pie, are you saying that legacy is that big of a difference at Dartmouth, because I know it’s not at other places?</p>
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<p>[Aunts and uncles] will probably not be considered. [Grandparents, unless a] major name on a building money donor, will also probably not net you much influence.</p>
<p>You have a good chance. You’re not a shoo-in. Legacy does matter at Dartmouth, and they acknowledge it, but I think something like 35% of legacies get in–which means that 65% don’t (and legacy is defined as “son or daughter of alum,” so a double legacy would be someone both of whose parents attended, not two generations, or uncles or whatever); the majority of legacies who do get in, get in on their own merits, meaning that they would have gotten in anyway, and so the legacy is less a boost for them to get in than a reason to apply (that is, many legacies apply because they know and love the school, rather than because of an increased chance of getting in. They might have applied and been accepted to an equivalent school, but because of the family history with Dartmouth, they apply to Dartmouth). Which is all to say that legacy is usually not the huge advantage that some people seem to think it is, but may be a tip. So, apply, and apply early if you’re sure Dartmouth is your first choice, but be prepared to apply elsewhere as well.</p>
<p>I think you have a good shot. It seems like you’d be on the fence without the legacy status, and I think the legacy will push you over the edge. I wouldn’t try to over analyze which part of the legacy pushed you over.</p>
<p>Depending on how much money we’re talking about, your [relatives] could definitely influence the process.</p>
<p>sorry OP, I was mad that night. I think you got a solid shot. I think marysidney put it best.</p>
<p>Lol at CCers giving sh!+ to people like the OP. At the end of the day, if your [] is a seven figure donor who’s in frequent contact with the development office, it wouldn’t take much more than a phone call to get you a spot, especially with grades like yours. That’s just the reality.</p>
<p>Your legacy status through your mom changes you from a possible to a likely admit. I assume she graduated? No harm in applying ED if Dartmouth is what you want.
Almost the perfect profile for a legacy boost.</p>
<p>I’m in a somewhat similar situation. But i am not sure if the fact that my grandfather attended Dartmouth would be legacy… and going even further back, my great grandfather attended princeton. would any of this be legacy?</p>
<p>No. To beconsidered a legacy at Dartmouth, your mother or father would have received their undergrad (AB) from the college. Graduates of the Grad schools are not considered legacies for admissions purposes.</p>
<p>my grandfather attended the undergrad program at dartmouth… so i do have legacy?</p>
<p>No. As Sybbie719 said, Dartmouth grants legacy status to those applicants whose MOTHER or FATHER went undergrad to Dartmouth.</p>