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It seems that the legacy advantage at Stanford is significant. Stanford self-reports that legacies or children of benefactors make up 16 to 17 percent of the incoming class. I've seen reports that conflate that as an acceptance rate for legacies, but I'm not sure that is precise mathematics. However, neither random selection nor self-selection as to who applies would explain how 17% of an incoming class is made up of legacies and donor favors with an overall acceptance rate is 4%. So, the legacy advantage is close to 4x more or less. Stanford has the numbers to calculate the legacy admission advantage, but I don't know if those are public. If Stanford were serious about not giving legacy advantage, or more likely big donor advantage, they would not ask for that information on applications, and disqualify anyone who slips it into an essay. An interfering call from Big Donor would mean automatic rejection. That will never happen.  Also, as the son of a legacy elsewhere - and I know that was a factor; the single page front and back application was blatantly obvious - what's the big problem as long as the legacies are at least as qualified and accomplished as other applicants?  Overall the acceptance rate is still only 4%.  They deny almost everyone who applies, legacy or not.

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[jacket3ree]

It seems that the legacy advantage at Stanford is significant. Stanford self-reports that legacies or children of benefactors make up 16 to 17 percent of the incoming class. I've seen reports that conflate that as an acceptance rate for legacies, but I'm not sure that is precise mathematics. However, neither random selection nor self-selection as to who applies would explain how 17% of an incoming class is made up of legacies and donor favors with an overall acceptance rate is 4%. So, the legacy advantage is close to 4x more or less. Stanford has the numbers to calculate the legacy admission advantage, but I don't know if those are public. If Stanford were serious about not giving legacy advantage, or more likely big donor advantage, they would not ask for that information on applications, and disqualify anyone who slips it into an essay. An interfering call from Big Donor would mean automatic rejection. That will never happen.  Also, as the son of a legacy elsewhere - and I know that was a factor; the single page front and back application was blatantly obvious - what's the big problem as long as the legacies are at least as qualified and accomplished as other applicants?  Overall the acceptance rate is still only 4%.  They deny almost everyone who applies, legacy or not.

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