<p>Hi guys, I have a question regarding the admittance of certain applicants that may have some special interest in Yale, as in their family members, or friends, hold top spots at Yale. I'm talking about people who have close relationships with people like the President, Provost, Dean of admissions, etc. How much sway do these important people on campus have in the admissions of otherwise unsuccessful candidates? For example, would a regular student with say a 3.8 and 2100 get in just because he/she knows one of the top faculty members? Obviously, someone who is well out of the range would have no shot. But, what about those borderline, or even candidates who are somewhat below Yale averages?</p>
<p>“just because they know…” The Dean of Admissions has some leeway. This is expressed in Development admits and legacy students. Children of faculty can fall under this purview as well.</p>
<p>Some random acquaintance isn’t going to have much if any sway in the process. Yale and others have done their best to extricate themselves from the “old boys network” as much as possible. Knowing some faculty means nothing. Being the high achieving child of a courted top professor or recruited executive may mean a lot.</p>
<p>In other words-
Your uncle plays golf with a high Yale official–won’t help.
Your father is a high Yale official–will help.</p>
<p>Your uncle plays golf with high Yale official and donates a new golf cart to said official = will help tremendously.</p>
<p>Nah, he has to donate a new golf course to Yale.</p>
<p>^ It’s a question of scale :)</p>
<p>Individuals well-connected to Yale aren’t the only ones that possess and advantage, famous people, and children of famous people, have a much, much, much easier time in admissions.</p>
<p>Stats? ^ Not just anecdotes, can you prove that?</p>
<p>Interesting, but conflicting ideas from people. Does anyone actually have any examples of when the family/friend of a high-ranking Yale official has (or has not) actually received preferential treatment. Regarding celebrities, I think it goes without saying that they have clear advantages. Of course, that is not limited to Yale but many other top-notch schools as well.</p>
<p>It’s no secret in higher education that sought-after faculty and administrators are wooed will all sorts of potential perks. Favorable treatment of a decently qualified child applicant could be one of the incentives. Frankly, I see nothing wrong with that.</p>
<p>And it does happen. Just as Yale reports the admit rates of legacies, they also include a line for faculty children admit rates, too.</p>
<p>But just a friend of an college official? I say it wouldn’t happen.</p>
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<p>Do you think any school provides stats of the number famous people, or children of famous people, that get into their school? This isn’t just at Yale, Idiosyncra3y, it’s at every top school. Any child of a politician gains admissions to almost every top institution, famous actors gain admission easily, Olympic athletes gain admissions easily. You can’t find statistics for a lot of things because these schools don’t keep track, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. </p>
<p>It’s not not my job to find evidence of this being the case, rather the you bear the burden of proving me wrong</p>
<p>I know someone who is a doctor and he and his wife graduated from Yale and Yale medical school and their child didn’t get in. My daughter knows a professor or two at Yale that had children not get in, it’s not a given and some people who work there in in labs, etc. didn’t have their child get in with good stats.
I also know of a student who’s dad worked as a professor at UConn for years and he didn’t get in UConn, waitlisted I think, and he was shocked. (again, within stat ranges)</p>
<p>I heard one doctor say gone are the days that money bought your child in, sometimes it does, but I felt he meant, it’s a lot more.</p>