<p>The</a> Chronicle: 3/14/2003: Legacy Admissions Are Defensible, Because the Process Can't Be 'Fair'</p>
<p>Rice gives a huge boost to legacies, right? 25 percent or so?</p>
<p>Also, Penn does too I heard. 30 percent or so?</p>
<p>as well as Wash U and Darmouth. 25 percent or so?</p>
<p>what are other schools that are big on legacies?</p>
<p>is it really true that dartmouth and rice give suchbig preferences to legacies?</p>
<p>it's kind of surprising</p>
<p>I don’t know what those percents are, but if you’re not already a good candidate I can’t see a legacy making much difference (unless it’s like 8 generations). Btw (sorry to steal the thread a bit) I have a brother at Dartmouth right now and he’s doing extremely well. Will this have any effect whatsoever on me?</p>
<p>True. Not sure about the %s, but, these schools and many others (esp Notre Dame) have a tremendous acceptance rate for legacy. Hard for those kids (like mine) who have parents who went to a so-so college: the kids aren’t 1st gen and aren’t legacy.</p>