Ok just wondering if it affects the admission process in a particular school if your parent/s work there. They don’t necessarily need to be profs or deans or anything. Personally my parents work at the college I’m applying to, but they are both just researchers in the Med School. Deans or whoever would never know them personally. On my application though it of course asks where your parents work and I was wondering if that pushed you in the door a lil further (assuming your grades and scores are also up to par)???
<p>I've read that faculty offspring are similar to legacies, ie, in recieving preferential admission, but then again your parents may not qualify as faculty.</p>
<p>This is probably really good news for you. Children of employees are normally treated as legacies. I doubt that it matters if they are janitors or faculty. It would sound too elitist for the college to make that distinction. However, I would ask your parents to go see human resources and ask what the college's policy is concerning children of faculty. There is probably also a financial discount on tuition.</p>
<p>Yeah they're just staff. But they are friends with professors as mom was a researcher for one of the med school profs. </p>
<p>Does anyone out here know or is a child of one of the college staff and is applying to that college?</p>
<p>My step-dad told me one of his workers applied to WUSTL and her grades were kinda low and she got in......so I was curious if that was a going trend.</p>
<p>Assuming your grades and scores are anywhere near the normal admit figures for the school, I would be very surprised if the school did NOT have a perk for all employees regarding admission and a hefty tuition discount...some even offer to completely dismiss the tuition costs to students in your position. Many schools also participate in reciprocal agreements with maybe 12-15 other similar schools in a consortium to let kids of employees of any of the schools attend under a reduced or free tuition plan.</p>
<p>I'm a professor at a big university and was told that my kids' application would be put in a special pile and looked at closely. I assume this to mean that if their grades/scores were within the range, they'd get in. Unfortunately my child had no interest in going to a school so close to his home and, even worse, where his mother taught.</p>
<p>MCHS - your student's determination to get further away from home is probably the biggest common drawback to what otherwise looks like a terrific employment perk!</p>
<p>I'm going to apply to the school where my works as a safety, both academically and financially, but also to another school or two on "the list."
See here: <a href="http://www.tuitionexchange.org/memlist.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://www.tuitionexchange.org/memlist.cfm</a>
If your parent works at a school on that list, it's an easy way to not have to stress about financial problems, while still being able to get away from home, if that's what you want.</p>
<p>Yeah, if I went to the college where my parents teach, free tuition. Actually, I thiiiink that I would get free tuition at any of the other schools in the state system, but I'm not sure. Although I am definitely not going to any of those schools, it has proved useful--this year, senior year, I am taking some college classes for free.</p>
<p>i know a girl who's father was a janitor at UCLA, and she got in. don't know if it was because her father was the janitor, but it probably affected it somewhat</p>
<p>I know someone whose mother works at Columbia. According to her boyfriend, she'd definitely get in because of that reason (assuming her stats are close enough).</p>
<p>WUSTL's policy is that a child can go there for free (tuition free, not room and board) or can go to the college of his/her choice and WUSTL will pay half a its tuition (31100/2 = 15550) for four years. It's only for undergrad and only for four years. </p>
<p>Are there any other profs out there or kids of these kind of policies? Wondering if that "seperate pile" is common.....</p>
<p>"or can go to the college of his/her choice and WUSTL will pay half a its tuition (31100/2 = 15550) for four years. "</p>
<p>WHOA! That is awesome! How could the school possibly afford that though? Surely many, many kids of faculty/staff go on to college..I'm sure nobody would pass up that deal.</p>
<p>Well my dad works at the college here and tuition is free and any they will pay for any other college half-off (apparently they would pay in full for any other college before.. would be amazing). I don't know any specifics, but I've been told that I would get in easily (my stats are on end of the 50% margin, although my ECs are weak). But I also attend the high school in the town, and high schoolers also get free tuition, if accepted. I think they also get special preference. I also happen to live in the dorm/eat in the dining halls, and hopefully will get to take part of my schedule next year at the college. The latter will help, of course, but I don't know about the former. That said, I really hope I can get accepted somewhere else decent (I'm not aiming terribly high), because I don't know that I'd like it here :)</p>