<p>How much more likely am I to get into Yale if I Let them know my parents went to Yale and MIT?</p>
<p>If your parent went to Yale as an undergrad, then this would be considered a “hook” that would roughly double your chances of admission, but you would still need to have a strong application.
A parent going to MIT would help your chances for MIT, not Yale.</p>
<p>She did and thank you so much for your time</p>
<p>It’s possible that MIT actually does differently, but MIT’s official policy is that legacy doesn’t boost chance of admission.
At Yale, on the other hand, it definitely does act as a hook :)</p>
<p>I love aristocracy :)</p>
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<p>I think this is overstating the power of legacy. Even if the admissions rate is doubled, the statistics show that alumni children are significantly stronger than the general applicant pool and have a very small benefit compared with applicants with similar stats. According to an interview with President Levin, matched matriculated legacy students perform better once on campus than non-legacy admitted students. Legacy appears to be no more than a small “hook” when there are other groups (athletes, URMs, etc.) that are admitted at higher numbers despite statistically lower admission stats.</p>
<p>^This. But considering the hyper-competitiveness of the admissions pool, even a modest boost can be significant enough to tip you in.</p>
<p>Agree, legacy is a very minor tip for the top colleges generally (and often only if you apply early at that). Of course any boost is better than no boost.</p>
<p>I plan on applying SCEA so it works out :)</p>