<p>So, having a legacy is obviously good, but I was wondering just how good they can be. For example, if one has decent grades and is applying to an Ivy League, but has a parent who is a legacy and donates a lot of money, what are his or her chances? How much money is almost a garantee? $100,000? </p>
<p>I ask this not because I have a rich legacy but because I know a friend who does, and he brags about it all the time and I hate him.</p>
<p>lol. im curious about this..</p>
<p>I have absolutely no concrete knowledge about this, but from common sense: Yeah. Nearly guaranteed.</p>
<p>I could totally be wrong, though.</p>
<p>So what if he gets in?</p>
<p>If he gets in and succeeds, then kudos to him.</p>
<p>If he gets in and barely graduates or flunks out... oops, sucks or him.</p>
<p>$100,000 would be pretty much a minimum amount to start talking guarantee, and that's assuming the student is reasonably admissable.</p>
<p>I know this kid in my gym class who is a 2.9 GPA student w/ barely no ECs (only plays hockey and does sailing). He claims his dad donated $500,000 to Stanford. Assuming this is true, how good of a shot does he have to be admitted?</p>
<p>if 100k is on the cusp, i'd bet 500k is more than sufficient.</p>
<p>sorta kinda on topic...<br>
taking the $$$ out of the equation- if you are a legacy multiple times over, how much/does that affect anything? (i have a friend who's got both parents and two uncles?)</p>
<p>Don't be so sure. I know a kid with a building named after his grandfather at Harvard that was not admitted.</p>
<p>That kid must have been pretty darn stupid. An entire building? xD</p>
<p>haha i hope stanford just takes the money and rejects him.</p>
<p>lol</p>
<p>I think my friend's dad donated like $300,000 to Princeton. I guess he's in.</p>
<p>^holy man!</p>
<p>i wish i had legacy dating back to the founding</p>
<p>i think it depedns on a lot of factors. If the person is a prominent alumni, their children will have more of a chance than if they just cut a check and never do anything</p>