<p>Hello,</p>
<p>Does anyone know if Roxbury Latin School admits students based on legacy? My son is likely to apply to RL and there is a student in his class who is not as strong academically but with strong legacy ties to RL. Does RL ever consider admitting more than one student from a school?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Hi Spiritualmom, </p>
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<p>Any school not just RL would take legacies into consideration.</p>
<p>I have a friend who applied for 7th and had a brother there, but he got denied. He reapplied to repeat 7th and was accepted. Legacy doesnt mean automatic acceptance, but it helps.</p>
<p>In almost all top schools and colleges legacies–unless there is a building with someone’s family’s name on it-- is good for a tie breaker at best. It also might mean that one of the readers will be the AD. But that is about it. </p>
<p>Yes RL accepts whomever they want–and it can be more than one boy from a school if they so choose-- but they have a very large number of top flight applicants. Please, do yourself a favor…don’t try to analyze why the AO made the decision they did-- you will never know and it will just make closure harder.</p>
<p>I just posted this on a previous thread and am re-posting here…</p>
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<p>Our son is there. I echo many previous posters’ comments, but I’ll add this: there’s a true “mix” that the school targets. And, that GREATLY influences admissions chances.</p>
<p>I went through the RL directory and was surprised to find this consistency from year to year: 1/3 of a class are legacies (that includes brothers, not just fathers), 1/3 are from Boston proper (mostly W. Roxbury, Milton, Dorchester), and 1/3 are “other”. That last category tends to be kids from private and public schools and who reside in the suburbs.</p>
<p>The admit rate for legacies is about 30%, according to a fellow RL mom who asked Admissions. If you assume the admit rate for Boston applicants is slightly higher for than for “other” (the school definitely wants to have a strong city of Boston element due to its original Mission), then the admit rate for the unhooked is probably around 7% to 11%.</p>
<p>In other words, it’s very tough to get in for anyone, but particularly if the child isn’t living in Boston city proper or is the son or the brother of a current or prior RL student.</p>
<p>Having said that, after family, RL has been the single-most important influence on our son. He loves the school and his classmates. The teachers genuinely love the boys and want them to be men of character. I suspect many of his best friends in life will be fellow RL classmates. As parents, we are so grateful to the school.</p>
<p>In other words, it’s worth applying…</p>