<p>If my dad did a fellowship at UVA school of medicine--Which is what people who wish to become doctors and have a sub speciality must do after medical school-- does that make me count as a legacy??</p>
<p>sorry...so therefore he is an ALUMNI of UVA</p>
<p>If he has a degree from UVA, you are a legacy. But you must provide the grad year, so make sure he does b4 you put that down. Good luck!</p>
<p>I would say yes, that you do have legacy status. He would therefore be an alumnus of UVA, and could join the alumni association.
My Dad has also done fellowship training, but not at UVA. He has a diploma/certificate document that is framed and has dates and such. I'm sure your Dad does too. My Dad's is from CHOP-Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, which is Penn's Children's Hospital. The alumni association there contacts him regularly. He spent 3 years there doing his subspecialty training. Seems fair to me. IMHO.</p>
<p>You should call UVA and ask, but my guess it that you are not legacy. Your parent would have had to receive a UVA degree. From your description it sounds like he got his medical degree somewhere else and then came to UVA for post-grad training. Best to call UVA and ask!</p>
<p>So the alumni status isnt enouph to make me a legacy?</p>
<p>This is what the UVA website says:</p>
<p>"Who qualifies for legacy status?</p>
<p>Children of all University of Virginia degree recipients are considered legacies during the undergraduate admission process. "</p>
<p>"Any non-Virginian whose parent or step-parent earned a degree from the University of Virginia is considered a Virginian for the purposes of admission"</p>
<p>But if I were you I would call UVA and ask the question directly.</p>
<p>"Any non-Virginian whose parent or step-parent earned a degree from the University of Virginia is considered a Virginian for the purposes of admission"</p>
<p>I'm an out of state legacy...does this mean I'll be helped only be being considered in-state, or does it give me an extra bump as well? In other words, is being an out of state legacy considered less than that of an in-state legacy?</p>
<p>Sounds like you might be a Halfblood not a Mudblood. Probably depends if he gave them money or not.</p>
<p>Chessiestyle, being an in-state legacy doesn't really help you get into UVA since there are so many in-state legacies. As an OOS legacy however, you will be considered an in-state student for admissions purposes. That alone is huge since that greatly helps your odds at getting into UVA.</p>
<p>Globalist is dead on with her comment. </p>
<p>The key to that the parent had to have earned a degree. Certificates don't count, nor does attendance without completing a degree.</p>
<p>Donating money doesn't affect legacy status.</p>
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<p>Of course, giving money can help - - if you give enough.</p>
<p>if my dad spent one or two years getting his graduate degree at UVa am I considered a legacy? and if so, what are the benefits, do I count as an in-state student or how does that work out?</p>
<p>If your dad received a degree from UVA, you are legacy. He HAD to have gotten a degree, that's the key component.<br>
If you are OOS, you are considered IS during your app review, and are compared against IS students for admission. However, you are still filling the limited OOS spots, so if a legacy student has better stats than you, they will get the spot. Also, I doubt they fill every OOS with legacies, so again, you're competing in an easier pool, but strong competition is still there as there are more people applying for fewer spots.</p>
<p>yeah, I talked to the admissions office about this. I was so glad to hear I would be given in-state consideration...such a huge boost considering how hard OOS admission is.</p>
<p>Especially for transferring....The people I met this past Tuesday from outside of state went to schools like Vandy, Lehiegh, Duke, and UNC and did well. Good luck, and if you need help, the admissions office is very friendly, and you always have CC.</p>
<p>So did anyone ever answer the OP? Is a medical fellowship resulting in a specialty or sub-specialty a degree? I know the docs get something saying they are a "diplomate of the American Board of xxxolgy", but does UVa give a degree in this case as well?</p>
<p>Globalist is actually a guy, so please be gender-neutral next time.</p>
<p>Haha Tenniscraze. Thanks for looking out. I hope you're having a fun summer vacation.</p>