<p>If you’re family friends with a former professor at Harvard then is that enough of a hook?</p>
<p>When you get to the States and learn more aabout the colleges, you probably won’t be stuck on just HYPSM. There are tons of great schools where strong graduates of Andover get in easily.</p>
<p>Knowing a former H professor will not help.</p>
<p>Yeah, besides I’m sure Andover will be awesome and thats enough for me. </p>
<p>I do really want to go to MIT still, but its not the end of the world if I don’t get in. Always grad school. And can you transfer any year of your four year degree? </p>
<p>But I’m bumping, because its interesting how ‘unfair’ it is with legacies etc. Do HYPSM or any university acknowledge that legacies are a boost?</p>
<p>Well MIT is way more possible than HYPS so you may be in luck. </p>
<p>This is because in general far fewer prep school kids want MIT. Once they’ve been exposed to a great liberal arts education, the tech schools are less desireable. Also, most preps are too social to want the MIT experience! And they want the social/career network the ivies offer. So usually, only the class nerds apply.</p>
<p>Also, MIT doesn’t count legacy and athletes are a way smaller deal there.</p>
<p>oh definitely, they acknowledge it. </p>
<p>newyorka i think you’re exagerrating. to a certain extent what you say is true but i go to a college prep day school as prestigious as andover and i know plenty of kids whove gotten into HYPS based on solely merit and personal traits. they are also my good friends, so i know they didnt have legacies, athletics, etc.</p>
<p>do you have a link for the acknowledgement?</p>
<p>shore, its common knowledge. but in the viewbook columbia sent me (or is that not what youre going for) they explicitly say it pleases them when children of alumni apply.
if you really want it-- [Harvard</a> College Admissions Office: frequently asked questions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/utilities/faq/admissions/app_pols/index.html]Harvard”>http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/utilities/faq/admissions/app_pols/index.html)</p>
<p>“Among a group of similarly distinguished applicants, the daughters and sons of College alumni/ae may receive an additional look.”</p>
<p>Okay, thanks. Sorry van_sant I’m an international (not sure if thats an excuse) so thanks! Even though its a blow!</p>
<p>Van Sant, it probably has to do with your W. Coast location. My friend at H-W says the same about HYPCBDD but not about S.</p>
<p>NE prep schools and NYC day schools are over run with HYP legacies. CA privates tend to be over run with S legacies. NE preps also produce the highest percentage of recruited HS athletes of any HS’s in the Country.</p>
<p>Shore, if you want to get an accurate picture, talk to recent Andover grads. That said, it’s common knowledge at such schools that you will have a harder time getting into the top handful of colleges if you enroll. This is due not only to the connection/athletic factors but simply because of the huge number of highly qualified kids you will compete with for those slots. People who are living to go ivy often decide to stay home and go to a local public school for this reason. Many leave the Andovers of the world after a year or 2 when it becomes clear they are not top of class. </p>
<p>You go to a great HS for the HS. Many will tell you their HS experience was much more important in their lives than their college experience. You will join a lifelong network similar to the ones people build at ivies. You will live among your teachers, something you won’t do in college. Most don’t care if that means Barnard instead of Harvard.</p>
<p>nah my location is mainly to hide my identity :). and no worries shore, in the end everything will work out. as newyorka said, its for self betterment that extends beyond college.</p>
<p>I’m bumping this up again as it seems highly intriguing and irritating and I’d like other views into this topic as well.</p>
<p>PS: I’d like other opinions of my ECs if possible. Thanks!</p>