<p>How much does Stanford value their legacy applicants? And, what is our competition with them. I heard they value them 2x as much.</p>
<p>Even if that were true, the size of the applicant pool is such that 2x won’t save anyone who wasn’t getting in anyway.</p>
<p>Slight nudge, but generally not a determining value in admissions at Stanford. I know double legacies regularly rejected.</p>
<p>From what I gathered, other things equal legacy applicants at Stanford get a similar boost as Hispanics, yet less than blacks.</p>
<p>Just like with URMs, legacies still gotta bring something to the show to get in. But if they are well-qualified, admissions will be less of a crapshoot compared to the non-hooked kid.</p>
<p>If you aren’t waitlisted, I guarantee that a legacy didn’t take your place at Stanford.</p>
<p>Definitely not a 2x boost.</p>
<p>This isn’t a representative sample, but most legacies I know tend to fall into the solid, all-around category - 25/75 percentiles for test scores, decent ec’s, etc. </p>
<p>Hmm, actually there is one pretty dumb legacy I know.</p>
<p>My H and I are both S grads. We received a letter from Stanford after my child applied which told us that legacy plays only a very small role in admissions. The admit rate was quoted at 14% for legacy candidates (vs. 7% overall).</p>
<p>so does a double legacy mean 4x? lmao, 28%</p>
<p>There are legacies with scores/grades that would place them comfortably in the top 25% of the incoming Stanford class who are rejected: not worth banking on it. Plays a much bigger role in admissions at top ivies (Princeton, Yale; even Harvard will offer to defer a decent legacy applicant for a year to accomodate). The good news is that there are a number of equally great schools out there: a strong, but rejected, legacy applicant will have other academically comparable choices and will add variety to the family tree.</p>
<p>The 2x rate might be a bit misleading, since students who were legacies most likely came from pretty educated families and likely on average stronger than non-legacy students on paper. </p>
<p>Seems to me that donations also really matter for legacy applicants. There have been pretty mediocre students that got in because their families were major donors (and multiple generation legacies), while there have also been outstanding legacy students rejected whose parents donated nothing to the school.</p>
<p>My wife is a Stanford Alum, and the University recently sent a letter describing some of the admission process regarding legacies.</p>
<p>The acceptance rate for legacies is about double that of non-legacies. However, that does not factor in that legacies as a group probably have better test scores and are better prepared to access the application system. In the end, I think the correct answers to the question of how much Stanford values legacies is “a little” and “not as much as other elite schools”.</p>
<p>My dad, uncle, and grandfather went to Stanford. My grandfather is currently a teacher at Princeton, if that makes a difference.
Would being a triple legacy be any different from being a 1x or 2x legacy?</p>
<p>My daughter’s college counselor once told her that “These institutions make decisions based on what is in the best interests of the institution, not what is necessarily in your best interest.” </p>
<p>So too for Stanford. If your family is going to write “The Big Check” that is going to make a bid difference in what Stanford thinks is “in the institution’s best interests.”</p>
<p>Fair or right or not, that’s the world we live in.</p>
<p>LOL, I wish there were a cumulative “legacy effect” for Stanford! Three generations so far (first acceptance in the mid-1910’s) and six degrees between graduate and undergraduate attendance for our family. Stanford is highly competitive and there is no guarantee for legacies regardless of the depth of that legacy or $$$ donated. That’s what I love about my alma mater!</p>