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I was wondering if anyone thinks that there is an advantage to a child that applies to the medical school where one of their parents attended?
Children of Alumni Advantage?
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Legacy is certainly a boost to your application. If anything, it is a sign to adcoms that you are more likely to attend that certain institution. Won't save an otherwise poor or even mediocre application however.
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It may only work in your favor if your parent has a history of being a regular financial supporter of the school. I recall one SDNer reporting that she got "yelled at" by her interviewer because her dad had slacked off on donations. So, two-edged sword, and all that.
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Not sure if this is 100% true but a friend of mine who spoke with an admin member of a top ivy league school said that they are less likely to admit children of alumni bc they like to diversify their student body...unless parents are big donors, then....your chances go up obviously lol
My friend who interviewed at a top 10 med school, received a letter with his interview invite that said that this school would choose a legacy applicant over non-legacy applicant if their stats were the same. Also, this school interviews all legacy applicants regardless of stats.
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During my tour at Columbia, the guide told me that they have had one family that has had three generation that all lived in Bard Hall. There are obviously a myriad of variables but I just don't think that being a legacy could hurt for medical school at Ivy's. I also know that for undergrad. it is explicit in their website that they do give preference to legacies.
I really don't understand why anyone would donate to their medical school after paying over 200k (even more in some cases) to that medical school just to attend. lol
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Because the medical school gave you the stepping stones into the career? Because you're a grateful person that you received training that benefited you and allowed you to go further in your pursuits. Because the faculty supported you and helped you through some of the toughest times of your life. Because you want your stupid kids to have a chance to get into that school since they are so much dumber than you.
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Is is a pretty big advantage. In addition, having connections in general is helpful.
Even if your family member didn't attend the school, they may have done their residency, work with, or are just good friends someone on a adcom or someone who knows an adcom.
Even if your family member didn't attend the school, they may have done their residency, work with, or are just good friends someone on a adcom or someone who knows an adcom.
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Depends on the school. Given your name I'm guessing you are in Texas. I doubt it matters here. I did not get an interview at the school where my father has been a physician/faculty for >25 years. Maybe he pissed off someone on the admissions committee 
Because very few people pay 200k in tuition. Obviously you can't fault the medical school for you having to pay for living expenses - you would pay for housing and food regardless. Also tuition does not come close to covering the cost of medical education.
According to this http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3383155/ analysis the variable cost of adding a student to a medical school is $62,877 (per additional student) after the fixed cost of >20million for the school, infrastructure, minimum class size etc.
We can complain about tuition costs (except for me since I live in Texas...) but medical schools aren't generating revenue from tuition.
Because very few people pay 200k in tuition. Obviously you can't fault the medical school for you having to pay for living expenses - you would pay for housing and food regardless. Also tuition does not come close to covering the cost of medical education.
According to this http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3383155/ analysis the variable cost of adding a student to a medical school is $62,877 (per additional student) after the fixed cost of >20million for the school, infrastructure, minimum class size etc.
We can complain about tuition costs (except for me since I live in Texas...) but medical schools aren't generating revenue from tuition.
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Depends on the school. Given your name I'm guessing you are in Texas. I doubt it matters here. I did not get an interview at the school where my father has been a physician/faculty for >25 years. Maybe he pissed off someone on the admissions committee
I know someone that was interviewing at a school that interviews most legacy applicants and they landed an interviewer who did not get along with their parent physician.
That is the only case I know of personally where it backfired, I can count more than a handful of people where it helped them out. Just make sure your parent is mostly well liked. 😉
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Depends on the school. Given your name I'm guessing you are in Texas. I doubt it matters here. I did not get an interview at the school where my father has been a physician/faculty for >25 years. Maybe he pissed off someone on the admissions committee
Because very few people pay 200k in tuition. Obviously you can't fault the medical school for you having to pay for living expenses - you would pay for housing and food regardless. Also tuition does not come close to covering the cost of medical education.
According to this http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3383155/ analysis the variable cost of adding a student to a medical school is $62,877 (per additional student) after the fixed cost of >20million for the school, infrastructure, minimum class size etc.
We can complain about tuition costs (except for me since I live in Texas...) but medical schools aren't generating revenue from tuition.
Same except he had been there for >40 years.
For 46k per year, that is the least one should expect.
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