<p>I am a legacy applicant for Stanford university, and I applied early action. I know that the odds for getting in for a legacy student is between 30 percent and forty percent, but I am wondering if my chances are higher or lower since I have a 34 on the act but a 3.66 unweighted gpa (on a 4.0 scale.) </p>
<p>*<strong><em>source for stat on percentage</em></strong>***
<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/group/journal/2003/pdfs/LegacyAdmissions.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.stanford.edu/group/journal/2003/pdfs/LegacyAdmissions.pdf</a>
The general admittance rate from the total applicant pool at Stanford was around 14%-15%
during her time. Legacy admit rates at Stanford were about two to two and a half times the general admit rate (the percentages remain the same today)</p>
<p>sounds very similar to me (like almost the same). I got in, but was deferred. My HS was pretty good, though, so a 3.66 was pretty solid. And I had an upward trend. But my ECs and essays sucked. So, it will probably be close. </p>
<p>The 14-15 and 30-40 percentage is old. Right now 2-2.5 times the admit rate is like 15 to 20 percent. But I don’t know if the ratio has stayed constant. Also, factor in that legacy applicants are on average probably more qualified then non-legacy applicants (due to genetics and intellectual environment growing up). There is an advantage, but the numbers don’t matter that much.</p>
<p>It seems like the legacy admit data would only really be useful if it was normalized for quality of applicants. Sure, legacies have a higher admit rate than the general population, but I’d be willing to bet that legacies have higher grades and test scores too. The question is, how do the acceptance percentages of legacies compare to those of non-legacies with similar stats?</p>
<p>Sibilings can be considered as legacy?</p>