<p>Hi everyone, I am a competitive applicant for WashU, so I won't waste your time with "chances", etc. </p>
<p>However, my grandpa went to WashU for all of his degrees including his PhD. How much will this help me? I think I will be applying ED. </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Grandparent is a legacy, as is parent or sibling. It helps.</p>
<p>Not so sure. Grandparents aren’t usually considered legacy, but that is also dependent on the particular school. My sister and brother-in-law both got graduate degrees @ Cornell, but my nephew did not qualify as having legacy. Usually, it’s just the undergraduate degree that counts and, again depending on the school, only the parents not grandparents. </p>
<p>Keep in mind why they wouldn’t want to count graduate students or grandparents as legacy: there are just too many.</p>