<p>Grandfather's brother is alumni at one of the colleges I like, would that count as alumni relation or is that too distant of a relation to help me?</p>
<p>um... bump? any help? or do you know where I can go to find this answer?</p>
<p>I'm not really sure... it might depend on the college and how they view legacy students. Your great uncle's involvement in the college also plays a huge part. Does he give thousands of dollars every year? Then it might be a great hook. If he simply graduated from there and hasn't done much for them since he probably doesn't have much influence.</p>