<p>My daughter is a double legacy and WAS admitted ED. It is interesting to note, that of the 15 people who applied early to Columbia from her school, three were admitted including my daughter. One of the others is also a legacy, and the third is the son of a professor on staff at Columbia. </p>
<p>What are the numbers on legacy admits early decision? From my small sampling it would appear high, but this may just be a sampling error.</p>
<p>sampling error, and i am guessing you live in the tristate area. </p>
<p>columbia tends to have the lowest percentage of legacies per year of the ivies (~7%), of which many are admitted early. princeton, penn and dartmouth have some of the higher percentages (13% at princeton for a recent class).</p>
<p>i’d be curious what you mean by double legacy, were both you and your partner columbia college or engineering grads?</p>
<p>I’m not sure why this question matters outside of your curiosity the admit rate for legacies so…</p>
<p>to my knowlege, Princeton (which is an ivy, but then again is of course not representative of all ivies) has a legacy admit rate of 40 % (hella high, I know…) so basically if your parents went there you have a 40% chance of getting in right off the bat</p>
<p>might be lower for columbia, but the admit rate is still significantly higher for legacy children than unhooked applicants</p>
<p>admissionsgeek, I was in the first class of women at the college, and her father was two years ahead at the college. She is a true "double legacy’. We do live in the tristate area ( wonder why you know that?) and my daughter was very qualified, but so were the others who applied. </p>
<p>i am thrilled she got in, but just wondering if there is a high number of legacy admits.</p>
<p>i would guess there is a high number of legacy admits. but then again it depends on what you mean by ‘high.’ You’re not gonna get in just because you’re a legacy, but it gives you an advantage if you are as compelling a candidate as someone else who isn’t a legacy. The way I look at it, it’s just another factor that comes into play, and one that is probably the deciding factor between two candidates of equal merit.</p>
<p>you said that another student was a son of a professor on staff. that kind of gave it away. plus there is a disproportionately high percentage of columbia grads who live in the tristate area. very cool to know that sons and daughters of female college grads are being admitted to columbia. the tide certainly is changing. and i would say a double legacy candidate is the epitome of a true columbia family. there is something about becoming part of families that colleges enjoy, and why legacy is important. it isn’t so much that you are a better or worse candidate, but that you probably would care more about your time at columbia than any other student.</p>
<p>collegeftw - i know the number you cite, but that was accurate only as of about a decade ago, and certainly doesn’t take into consideration changes in the pool. the more recent number i read in a daily princetonian article was something like 16% admit rate for legacies v. 8.8% overall.</p>
<p>yeah guess michelle hernandez didn’t really update everything in her “A is for admissions” book that she supposedly updated in 2007 after the first edition in 1996 huh…heh…heh…lol</p>
<p>yup, + admitting legacy families cater to fundraising purposes</p>