<p>I have a friend whose parents (both) , grandfather and aunt went to Princeton.
Is he basically guaranteed a spot?</p>
<p>No. 10char</p>
<p>Princeton admits a higher percentage of legacies than any other ivy. A legacy there has about triple the chance of an unhooked candidate.</p>
<p>If your friend has above median stats and no issues, he has a good shot.</p>
<p>Ya, I have also heard that in the past Princeton has been a little more legacy crazy than the other ivies. However, I have also heard that the current dean of admissions is a little more “anti-legacy” than the previous dean. Currently, I believe that Princeton is trying to admit more applicants that are less prone to party and more eager to go to college to quietly study and not partake in greek life. Because now, Princeton is trying to kinda play down some of those party type organizations like eating clubs. As a result, URMs and legacys have kinda been hit at Princeton. However, there are also rumors that this dean is less “ga ga” about geographical diversity than the previous admissions dean, which hurts me =D.</p>
<p>More important than legacy status is donation status. If the family has donated a significant amount (and by that I mean six figures and above), that’s more of a hook than just being a legacy alone (even quadruple).</p>
<p>No.</p>
<p>If his relatives donated 100 million or more to the school, then his chances bump up to 99%.</p>
<p>He will be at a great advantage over unhooked applicants, but no one is guaranteed a spot.</p>
<p>He has a MUCH bigger chance than those who aren’t.</p>
<p>No, one of my friends was a 8 person legacy to Harvard (he was also like a direct decedent of John Adams), and he had pretty solid scores (like 2150, not amazing for Harvard, but still solid), and he didn’t get in.</p>
<p>^ Wow. Props to the admissions office for having the balls to do that. I’m sure the family gave them one hell of an April month.</p>
<p>“No, one of my friends was a 8 person legacy to Harvard (he was also like a direct decedent of John Adams), and he had pretty solid scores (like 2150, not amazing for Harvard, but still solid), and he didn’t get in.”</p>
<p>That’s implausible.</p>
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That’s pretty shocking.</p>
<p>Good, nice to see a hooked applicant with 2nd rate test scores get the boot from harvard. Its wrong, but I love to see minorities that arent as smart as Asians and legacies just get torn apart when they apply to HYPSM. Ya…I am bitter = D.</p>