Will a Legacy at Harvard hurt my chances at Yale?

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<p>My father went to Harvard, but after visiting both Harvard and Yale (as well as many other colleges) over spring break, I'm pretty sure Yale is my first or second choice. My other top school is Brown, but (not to sound like a gold digger) I have to give the edge to Yale for their financial aid. </p>

<p>Does it hurt me that the admissions officers will see on my application that I am a legacy of Harvard? What if I apply SCEA? Can I just put some other college for where my father went..? (Is that illegal?)</p>

<p>I guess I just started thinking about this after I picked up a copy of the Yale Herald while visiting, and it had three or four different articles about Yale/Harvard rivalry or how Yale is better than Harvard.</p>

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<p>the adcomms will not hate you because your dad went to harvard.</p>

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<p>I don't think the adcoms will care at all. I assume you were joking, but DON'T lie about where your dad went to school, thats a really stupid reason to have an acceptance rescinded.</p>

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<p>haha i was just thinking the same thing (only the opposite -- will leg. @ yale hurt harvard chances)</p>

<p>because i think i might work at the yale club this summer and i was wondering whether or not i should state this on my app.</p>

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<p>eating food i was thinking of working at the yale club too! what were you thinking of doing and how are you going about getting a job there.</p>

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<p>well, i'm not sure yet what i would be doing.</p>

<p>but my dad and i are going to call some people at the one in manhattan and see if we could work something out for the summer since i'll be living in NYC with my aunt for a few months.</p>

<p>what about you?</p>

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<p>A job at the Yale club could be a credential relevant to UVA and Dartmouth as well... Yale, Dartmouth, and UVA alumni all share the "Yale Club" in NYC. I don't really know what kind of a job a high school student could get there, though.</p>

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<p>This is one of those things that you can't do anything about, other than write a great "Why Yale?" essay.
However, you do have to wonder what Yale might make of a bunch of SCEA applications from Harvard legacies, just after Harvard has dropped early admissions. They MIGHT say that those people probably really want to go to Harvard, and reject or wait-list them. Or, they might say, "Here's our chance to lure some of those people away from Harvard, and improve our yield at Harvard's expense." Who knows?</p>