So we all know about legacies, what about...?

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<p>Ok, well we all know being a legacies gives the student an extra edge for admissions to HYPS. How about having siblings that attend(ed) HYPS?</p>

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<p>Yes, I think that's part of a legacy too.</p>

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<p>no its not</p>

4

<p>anyone else's opinion?</p>

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<p>I don't understand why "they" value legacies so much. This is like predicting that the offspring will inhereit the specific genes that got his/her parent into HYP. If this is so, then what happens when a legacy receives the recessive genes?</p>

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<p>Legacy is school loyalty. Schools like happy alumni. Still, you have to be at least borderline to get in as a legacy anyway. It's not like they let everyone in.</p>

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<p>Different schools define legacy differently. Some inlcude grandparents, i.e. UMich, other just parents, i.e. Princeton, and others use siblings also . . . just hope that the sibling does well at the school! ;-)</p>

<p>I would also like to amplify Stambliark's comment, you still need to be qualified to get in as a legacy. For example, Harvard accpets around 40% of its legacy applicants. That is about 4 times their regular acceptance rate. However, it also means that they reject 3 of every 5 legacies that apply.</p>

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<p>It's mostly about money and alumni contributions.</p>

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<p>legacies are retarded</p>