[steveBK123]

Sure, but not at the admittance rate that legacies get. There's been stats & studies showing for example some Ivys with ~3% admit rates having something closer to ~12% for legacy applicants.

Most people applying to an Ivy are already self-selecting as pretty exceptional applicants (putting aside the delusional) and the legacy admits had same/worse SATs, etc.

edit: just looked it up, Harvard is at ~34% legacy admit rate versus regular 6% admit rate..

[rayiner]

A study of a top 25 school showed that legacy admitted students had identical scores than non-legacy: https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-why-elite-colleges-...

“Among the admitted legacies, grades and test scores were indistinguishable from non-legacy students. Both groups had an average SAT score that surpassed 1430.”

At Harvard, my understanding is that the legacy admits have slightly higher test scores than non-legacy admits.

[steveBK123]

Legacy SATs were about 30pts lower per Harvard Crimson in 2023 https://features.thecrimson.com/2023/freshman-survey/academi...

[dastbe]

"The average SAT score among legacy students was 1543, while it was 1515 for non-legacy students."

[steveBK123]

Thanks my reading comprehension was low last night it would appear