One of my parents work at the University of Chicago

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<p>Do you think this will give me an advantage? I was wondering if admissions officers factor in this when making their decisions.</p>

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<p>no advantage, but there could be a big tuition savings.</p>

<p>FWIW, there aren't too many schools left that give a boost to staff kids. And even star faculty's kids don't often get a tip. The schools are too busy giving preference to athletes, donors, alums and such. Chicago, thank goodness, is not so locked into these kinds of tips.</p>

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<p>though chances are if you are a faculty members kid, you're pretty smart anyways and have grown up in an academic setting, so would most likely have an interesting enough app. to get in on your own... in theory at least</p>

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<p>The advantage is $35,868... per year.</p>

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<p>Faculty/staff kids do get a preference, over and above the tuition savings (which, BTW, count as taxable income for the parents). The "progeny preference" is one of the most difficult to defend on moral grounds, but virtually all private universities stick with it.</p>

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<p>Is it difficult to defend on moral grounds? A university like Chicago needs brilliant faculty. Not having this 'progeny preference' would hurt Chicago's standing in the faculty hiring market.</p>

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Is it difficult to defend on moral grounds? A university like Chicago needs brilliant faculty. Not having this 'progeny preference' would hurt Chicago's standing in the faculty hiring market.

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<p>No university in the US, even third-rate ones, have any trouble finding enough applicants for faculty positions. Speaking from first-hand experience, 90% of Ph.D. candidates think that they want to be faculty some day. Some mature and see the light around their 3rd or 4th year in school, for some it takes the harsh reality of 3-4 postdocs at $30k/year after 20 years in school, and moving every 2 years to understand how badly skewed the faculty supply and demand situation is.</p>

<p>Unfortunately I have no data to back it up, but my contacts with the faculty crowd suggests that the 'progeny preference' is not only low on the list of considerations for accepting a job, it is not even on the list for the vast majority of people.</p>