I’m curious to know the credentials of Stanford legacies that have been accepted or rejected. Does anyone have any info on legacy applicants’ stats and their outcomes? Thanks!
I’d like to know this as well. My mother was in the class of '82.
@jiminez45 My dad was in the class of '82 too!
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Their stats are the same as anyone else’s. What being a legacy gets you is a guaranteed second read by another AO (just in case the first one is having a bad day!)
You still need to nail your own app and supps. Know as much as you can about what they look for and want, from what they say and show.
I recall from 2 yrs ago they told me in a letter acknowledging my Ds application that acceptance rate was 10%. This doesn’t tell you anything about the stats, but I expect legacy applicants credentials to be better than average. Subtract out a few legacy donor applicants, and it appears that legacy per se is extremely minor factor, 9/10 rejected. My D was accepted OOS UCLA and Cal, WL Harvard Stanford, probably “courtesy” WL.
I think legacy kids may get another look if they’re on the fence between applicants. I haven’t been able to find anything about their stats specifically.
In comparing notes with Stanford friends and acquaintances, aside from true development cases, recruited athletes, and other major hooks, the suspicion is standards for legacy kids may be a bit higher than non-legacies because legacies are compared to each other, and legacy kids tend to be from well educated and relatively affluent families with the usual SES advantages. Still among equally high achieving kids, there must be some advantage/feather in favor of legacies. Bottom line, don’t expect the legacy bump to get you over the top if you don’t have stellar stat’s and compelling subjectives.
Based on my own observations, for schools with extremely low admission rates like Stanford, legacy status only gives you a significant boost if comes with substantial donation dollars (think seven figures). All of the high stat kids at my son’s HS who applied ED to Ivy level schools with legacy status were either deferred or rejected. I just don’t think it’s that big a thing.
One student who was accepted EA to Stanford this year from our school is a double legacy and URM. The best of both worlds I guess.