<p>My D will be a third generation OOS legacy. I know that puts her in the in state pool as far as admissions. Here is my question. As between and in state applicant and my D, will she have a leg up as a legacy or does she burn that advantage in its entirety by getting put in the in state pool from the out of state pool?</p>
<p>people make too big of a deal about legacy. i dont even know if you actually are pooled with in state kids as a result...i would actually like to see some verification of that. what i do know is is that legacy students on average have better stats than non legacy students. if thats the case thats why they have a higher % accepted.</p>
<p>I don't think an OOS legacy would trump an in-state student. I think they'd be on an equal level.</p>
<p>An OOS legacy is definitely considered in the instate pool. However, once you are in that pool, you have to compete on equal footing with everyone else.</p>
<p>This is what son was told when he visited the counselling service offered to legacy kids through the alumni office.</p>
<p>OOS legacies are afforded the same shot as instate students. This is as low as UVA will lower their bar for admissions for normal students. BTW, jOHN ROSS, you've posted this same thread before...and it was answered.</p>
<p>i'm just kind of curious where it actually says that legacies are considered in-staters. ive been on the tour before...and the info session...they never said it</p>
<p>I think being a UVA legacy is overrated. I see in-state legacy applicants get rejected all the time -- and yes, they were qualified.</p>
<p>When I visited UVa I talked to one of the admissions officers and she personally told me that legacies and considered in-state applicants</p>
<p>I can't find a statement on the U Va website, but here is a recent article from the paper on legacy admits. <a href="http://cavalierdaily.student.virginia.edu/CVArticle_print.asp?ID=18347&pid1102%5B/url%5D">http://cavalierdaily.student.virginia.edu/CVArticle_print.asp?ID=18347&pid1102</a></p>
<p>See also this from the Alumni Office: <a href="http://www.alumni.virginia.edu/about/alp/%5B/url%5D">http://www.alumni.virginia.edu/about/alp/</a></p>
<p>Legacy admit rate is 45-50% compared with 30-35% overall. It's essentially a "thumb" on the scale. Candidates from western Virginia (as opposed to northern Virginia) also have a thumb on the scale (to say nothing of URM and sports preferences in admissions.)</p>
<p>Worldshopper, legacy status means nothing for instate applicants (unless, of course, your parents donate $millions every year, hehe.) </p>
<p>Cami, that sounds about right. The legacy admit rate is around the instate rate (~50%).</p>
<p>Cavalier -- I was just trying to make a distinction between in-state legacy and oos legacy admit 'boost'. I guess for in-staters applying -- there are so many legacy applicants that it doesn't give one a boost.</p>
<p>That's not really it, worldshopper. For normal instate applicants, UVA can't lower its bar much lower than it already is. What else could they do? Admit instate legacies with 1150's and 3.4's?</p>
<p>My cousin is a senior at UVA (non-legacy) with 1050 SATs.</p>
<p>Ok? I'm sure these things happen. Wanna tell me about the unhooked applicant who got into Harvard with a 1200? The point is, people with 1050's have a much, much lower chance of getting in than people with 1350's or 1550's. It's a fact. I'm talking about admissions over a large number of applicants - not just one. In general, the bar cannot be lowered for normal instate applicants any more than it already is.</p>
<p>Also depends if your cousin is urm</p>
<p>Sorry, she is not. If you were at UVA last year, you would probably recognize her because she was on the cheerleading team. Bottom line on UVA -- I know people who should have gotten in but didn't and people who I didn't think would get in -- did.</p>
<p>Bottom line here-- your story doesn't matter. What Cav said is much more significant than one, two, or three people.</p>
<p>Hey Cav - read carefully. This is a different question than was posted last time. However, it has now been answered.</p>