<p>I'm a high school senior who was admitted to ND during Early Action. I'm a legacy applicant, and Notre Dame has always been my dream school. If cost wasn't an issue, I'd pick ND over Harvard. But in all honesty, ND has shown very little interest in me, and I'm wondering whether it might be because I'm a legacy (and therefore more likely to attend anyways). </p>
<p>I was not asked to be an ND scholar even though a less qualified applicant from my own school was named one (I'm salutatorian, 4.0 GPA, 2300, plenty of leadership ECs and service; I even have a published research paper pertaining to the major I applied for). I was invited to interview for Boston College's Pres Scholarship, where all the other students seem to be ND scholars, invited to Reilly weekend, and finalists for ND's Hesburgh-Yusko scholarship, which I wasn't even asked to apply for. </p>
<p>I know I should be content with acceptance to ND, but I guess it kind of hurts to feel stiffed by my favorite school. Is there any chance it could have been a fluke? Is ND less generous to its legacy applicants? Or was I simply not competitive enough for the applicant pool?</p>
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<p>I do no think that your legacy status hurt you in anyway and I do not think that ND is less generous to legacy students. For a lot of those scholarships you have to consider demographics, race, income, ethnicity, etc… Don’t forget, many programs also favor first generation college students (that is students whose parents did not attend college). For obvious reasons legacy students do not get to share in those benefits.</p>
<p>I think this type of thing must happen a lot, and at a lot of colleges. Our own student was in effect dismissed by my Alma Mater, which is much further down the ranks than ND is in the rankings. And while it is a state school, I found it to be almost inexcusable because of the legacy factor. But, as it has turned out, our student would not have attended school there, anyway. The sting still exists tho, even after almost four years!</p>
<p>I’ve got double legacy to Notre Dame (plus who knows how many aunts and uncles who have attended there, one of which now works there), a 36 ACT, tons of ecs, community service, etc. I got scholar status and invited to the Reilly Weekend, but for some reason was never even asked to apply for the Hes.-Yusko Schol. Money is a big deal for me given that I’m planning on attending med school, and because I’ve been offered full rides elsewhere, I’m leaning away from Notre Dame despite all the connections. I too feel snubbed that I wasn’t even asked to apply for the one merit scholarship they offer.</p>
<p>I’ve wondered exactly the same; namely, if they felt that I was a lock because of my legacy status, so they didn’t need to offer me money to go there.</p>
<p>I understand your concern here! My daughter, also a legacy was admitted EA and was named a Notre Dame Scholar, however, she was not given much in aid…the first year. I do think that there is some belief that all ND children will come if given the chance. I must tell you though, that in subsequent years she has been given more and more aid in the form of University Scholarships. This year (Junior) she was almost given a full ride! So, if you are patient, it can come…</p>
<p>Why did your daughter receive these subsequent University scholarships?</p>
<p>Mike is this you?</p>
<p>don’t worry! ND Scholar is just a distinction.</p>