What is my acceptance rate?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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If the regular acceptance rate of my school is 17%, the early decision acceptance rate 35% and the legacy acceptance rate 40%, what is my acceptance rate given that I am both a legacy (dad went there, brother is current student) and applying early?

The school gets roughly 19,000 regular applications,1800 early, accepts roughly 3,000, and enrolls roughly 1300 (600 of which are early decision)

Also, my dad hasn’t donated a building or anything, but has given roughly $30,000 or so over the past 15 years. Is this significant?

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It entirely depends on your stats. You haven’t provided them. I would say given your fathers donor status, your odds are a little better than most IF your stats are good for the college.

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admit rates discuss populations. You are an individual and your relative stats/qualification as compared to the pools – is what will matter.

A 40% legacy admit rate is nice. But if you have a 3.1 GPA as a legacy, you can pretty much assume zero chance. See?

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It is a impossible question for anyone to answer without presenting your academic stats. Applying ED or being a legacy can help to tip the answer in your favor but only if you are an academically qualified candidate. And it is safe to assume that the ED rate includes legacy applicants (as well as athletes and other special circumstances). The school denies 65% of legacy applicants so it is not a guaranteed in for sure.

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Your “acceptance rate” is 100% or 0%. For an individual, the rate is binary - you’re either accepted or you’re not. If you’re asking what your chances are of acceptance, that’s a different question.

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@Lindagaf @T26E4 @happy1 I’m definitely qualified for the school, but on the lower end of their average with regards to ACT score and GPA. However, I took the most rigorous courses possible and had, in my opinion, above average extracurriculars (published a research paper, leadership positions, jobs, etc.). My interviewer said that I had some of the best essays that she’s ever read. The school is highly selective and being “barely” qualified is a major concern of mine, although I am still qualified. My question is that given legacy and early decision, how good are my chances?

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There is a name for what you are trying to do, whether you coach it as asking about your “acceptance rate” or your “chances”. In statistics it is called the ecological fallacy. As the Wikipedia entry notes

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The pedantry.

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If you are looking for chances, move this to the chance page.

Without knowing the school in question and your stats nobody can answer. In any case you will know soon enough.

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That will be up to the adcoms to determine.

According to your posting history the school is Tufts. You have a 30 ACT and a 3.7 UW GPA. Despite the legacy Tufts is a high reach.

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Average ACT at Tufts is 31. I would be very VERY surprised if you were rejected ED as a legacy.

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@TomSrOfBoston I’m qualified considering Tufts’ average ACT score is a 31 and the typical range is a 30-33…Their average GPA is a 3.8. I explained that I’m qualified but on the lower end so that’s why I’m posting this question. If my stats were on the higher end then I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t need to post this question. Like I said before, I’m qualified but barely, so I want to know how much legacy and ED will make up for what I may be lacking.

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ED will net you a boost, as will your legacy status. We can’t offer more than that, to be honest. G’luck!

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Thanks!! Just trying to get an idea of my chances…the waiting is killing me

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Tufts doesn’t factor in whether you’re a legacy or not. The only time a legacy would ever help you would be if you were neck-and-neck with another applicant (who had your exact scores, etc.) that wasn’t a legacy.

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@ndelkaif I got a letter from Tufts in the mail that said that legacy applications get a more thorough look at their application and that legacies have a higher acceptance rate

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@ndelkaif You are wrong. Explicitly, in their CDS, alumni relation is considered.