Most know the college admission process only by looking from the outside in. If they hear about someone being accepted to a college but had the thought that that student should have been denied, they begin to speculate about what could have possibly been in play so that student could be admitted.
Many people believe that being a legacy, applicants who are related to alumni, have one step up in getting accepted. Most applications ask if and how the applicant is a legacy. If the question was not important, I always ask my clients: then why did they take up application space asking the question?
Although being a legacy does not guarantee that a student will be admitted, it does give the reviewer a reason to slow down and pay a little bit more attention to the application. They more than likely may then place a call over to the alumni office and find out more about the relative the applicant is claiming. If it turns out that the alumni is still active with the school in a big way, that reviewer is now really taking their time with that application.
Like most other things, it doesn't hurt to know the right people, even in the college admissions process.
The Chicago Maroon recently wrote about this topic in an article titled: Legacy Students Don't Have an Edge. Read closely, don't let the title of the article fool you.
Dr. Porter
www.CollegeStrategiesOnline.com
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