<p>Hey guys, this is my first post on CC :) I had a question about Legacy at Penn and I was wondering if you guys could please answer it for me. This is not a chance thread since I am a junior and still working on my GPA/SATs and all that good stuff.
So my mom went to Wharton (one of the first women to go there actually) and so did my grandfather.
So here are my questions:
1) Is there any advantage to a double legacy vs a single legacy?
2) I was adopted (at birth), so would that impact the legitimacy of the legacy?
3) My aunt and cousin also went to Penn, would that help out any, or would I just gain the benefit of double legacy when applying ED.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>-Clay</p>
<p>1) No.
2) No.
3) It wouldn’t enhance your legacy status, but if mentioned in an essay, it could provide further evidence of your connection to, familiarity with, and affection for Penn.</p>
<p>All of this assumes that you apply ED. Otherwise, legacy status isn’t really a factor.</p>
<p>@45 Percenter
I thought I read somewhere the a double legacy might help out a little bit more than that of a single legacy, but I guess that wasn’t true. And yes, if I choose to apply to Penn I would do so ED so I would get that legacy boost.</p>
<p>That’s not my understanding. Once you’re a legacy (one parent or grandparent who graduated from Penn), you’re a legacy, and you’re not given extra credit for being a double, triple, or even quadruple legacy. :)</p>
<p>In other words, there’s not a sliding scale for legacy status.</p>