<p>hey guys... just a quick question.. im just lookin at the ridiculous admit rate this year... and trying to think about my slim chances. im def not a genius, just a solid student with decent grades (3.75 UW, 4.4 W) and a 1440 sat. but will the fact that im a legacy and i live in a state that probably doesnt contribute many students (relatively) to dartmouth (south carolina) help me at all?? also possibly a recruited athlete and will apply ED... im not one to try to use legacy to get into a quality school, just wondering if its worth applying to?</p>
<p>Legacy really doesn't count unless you apply ED, in most cases, so keep that in mind.</p>
<p>ok thank u...wut about from sc and an athlete?</p>
<p>were you recruited as an athlete?</p>
<p>Do you have a likely letter in hand?</p>
<p>Im guessing that you are talking about next year. But yeah if you apply ED as a legacy you look solid for admission.</p>
<p>Oh RA? With Legacy?</p>
<p>Yeah, you should be ok as long as your GPA is fine. I think your SAT's are enough.</p>
<p>I think Legacy is counting for less and less. I posted this elsewhere, but I think it's more a reason to not reject you than to accept you. The geographic diversity might actually help you more. But really, just being a legacy with stats in range isn't going to get you in.</p>
<p>I'm simply posting my stats so that it's clear just how competitive Dartmouth is. I felt fairly confident when I decided to apply and posted a bunch of chance threads my junior year. Just keep working hard and hopefully it will work out.</p>
<p>Legacy
Top 10%
10 APs in high school
35 ACT, 2200 SAT II, 2240 SAT I
All-State Musician, Lead in school musicals and dramas
Varsity Tennis 2 years including League Champion
Editor of Literary Magazine
GC said I had the best essay he had ever read
Status: Deferred</p>
<p>Sherlock: Was your mother or your father a big donor or really involved with Dartmouth still?</p>
<p>yah...i think its def harder to call these days. my dad was a tuck grad but he doesnt donate a bunch of money or anything like that. so idk</p>
<p>75% of legacy kids are rejected. Admissions Director has a mandate to keep legacy admits below 10% of total (so approx 100 legacies are admitted each year). It's a very strong pool- Several friends where both parents went to Dartmouth saw their children rejected. One of those kids now attends Princeton. Others are at top 10 schools too. My S was a lucky ED admit, but I was worried the whole time. Certainly didn't consider it a slam dunk.</p>
<p>Having a Dad who went to Tuck does not get you a "legacy" tag. Parents must have graduated from Dartmouth College to be a legacy.</p>
<p>And I think we established Sherlock would not have been tagged as a legacy as it was his grandfather who atteneded, which works at some schools but not Dartmouth.</p>
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<p>You are only considered a legacy if your parents received their undergraduate degree from Dartmouth (x-posted with
1ofeach).</p>
<p>Didn't Sherlock's dad also attended Dartmouth?</p>
<p>1ofeach: thank u for that clarification. i honestly was unaware parent had 2 be undergrad.. but thanks guys for ur help..</p>
<p>Yeah, hmom's right, I was trying to make a point, sorry if it misled anyone. But my grandfather was a Dartmouth grad, top of his class. Big donor, has donated every year since '53. Part of various Dartmouth alumni associations. He wrote a letter to the Dean of Admissions. I was just trying to explain what 1ofeach basically said, that legacy can't guarantee anything</p>
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<p>That helps explain why my S's friend who was a double legacy, plus multigenerational legacy, and got into H&P was waitlisted at D!</p>
<p>That one is beyond hard to understand Consolation!</p>
<p>Wow Consolation.... Ended up somewhere they are happy though. Still unbelievable. Crazy world</p>
<p>I find this thread really interesting in that the same question applies to me. I'm very active in the prep-school forum (9th grade), but I check the college ones time to time just to get an update on things. I am also a Dartmouth legacy and from an under-represented state. I currently live in Alabama and my grandfather went to Dartmouth and was active in involving up until his death. he also made many contributions.</p>
<p>Again, a grandparent does not make you a legacy at Dartmouth. If his contributions were considerable, that would make you a development candidate.</p>