The answer to this question varies from school to school, but generally speaking, legacies do have a slight edge in the admission pool. However, if the student does not meet the normal admission criteria for a particular college, he or she probably will be denied, legacy or not. You must send an enrollment deposit by The National Candidate s Reply Date of May 1. We hope you will have made your decision before that date, but you have until then if you are on the fence. If a college presses you to commit before May 1, please let your college counselor know about it.
Colleges conduct tours and interviews on an almost year-round basis.
Obviously for their schedule and yours, summers are the best times for visits. We encourage a late August visit when the college students have returned to the campus. However, do not be sold on a school because of your tour and visit alone. Toward that end, seniors are allowed to make one college visit trip per term during the school year, but not after May 1. You will need to coordinate your trip in consultation with your college counselor and with the approval of all of your instructors.