<p>Does it help to come from a bigger legacy than just, for example, a single legacy?? And if so how much?</p>
<p>My father, both his sister, and two of my cousin went to Penn and I applied RD...</p>
<p>Thanks for any input!</p>
<p>I’m sure that legacy helps RD, but I’ve heard its much more beneficial and is more heavily weighted ED.</p>
<p>Also, I believe that Penn also cares about how good of a legacy they have been i.e. donated money to the school vs. not donate</p>
<p>Wow, it should be: “both his sisters, and two of my cousins”…sorry I’m tired</p>
<p>According to statements made by officials at legacy admissions information sessions for alumni, neither the number of alumni relatives nor the amounts they’ve donated are taken into account with resepct to legacy admissions. It’s merely a threshold determination that is made and factored into the equation, primarily during the Early Decision cycle.</p>
<p>So, if at least one of your parents or grandparents is a Penn alum, that’s it–you’re a legacy applicant. There is no further inquiry about level of contributions, comparisons of which applicants have the most alums in the family, etc.</p>
<p>And I also believe it’s direct legacy only–parents and grandparents. Brothers and Sisters, Aunts and Uncles, etcs. don’t count.</p>
<p>^ That’s correct–only a parent or grandparent who graduated from Penn (any school, undergrad or grad) will make you a legacy.</p>
<p>Is there some sort of slliding scale though? If a member of the Levy or Huntsman clan applies to Penn, wouldn’t the analysis be a bit different than someone who graduated from the school of education and gives back a little bit once every few years? </p>
<p>I’d think schools take such donations and giving into account, and there’s books written about this, actually. </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Price-Admission-Americas-Colleges---Outside/dp/1400097975/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325698011&sr=1-2[/url]”>http://www.amazon.com/Price-Admission-Americas-Colleges---Outside/dp/1400097975/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325698011&sr=1-2</a></p>
<p>^ Someone whose family has given a SUBSTANTIAL amount of money would be a “developmental” admit, which is different from a legacy admit. There is no sliding scale in terms of pure legacy admissions. You either are a legacy applicant, or you aren’t, and the legacy inquiry for the vast majority of legacy applicants (i.e., those whose families have not donated 7-figure sums) ends at that point. Again, this is according to what has been stated by Penn officials at alumni meetings and on-line.</p>
<p>45 percenter - ah, that was the term I was forgetting - a “developmental” admit.</p>
<p>I had forgotten the term these schools use when determining its admissions policies for families that donate heavily. Also, unless I’m mistaken, “developmental” admits can either be legacies or non-legacies, it doesn’t really matter. As long as the family donates substantial amounts of money (usually in the 7 figures), or, (as is popular at Brown), status and celebrity (i.e. are movie stars), the criteria for admission then changes.</p>
<p>Like the other posters have said, you are either legacy or not. However, if you write that your family has strong ties with the university I’m sure it will come off well in your essay.</p>
<p>Only the supplement it states:</p>
<p>“Please list the names and class years of grandparents who have attended the University of Pennsylvania.”</p>
<p>It gives you four spots for this…I was curious as to why this would be only GRANDPARENTS and called admission who said you could put any almuni relative (so I put my father, two aunts, and one cousin)…</p>
<p>[Penn</a> Admissions: F.A.Q. for Visitors to Penn](<a href=“http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/visiting/visitingfaq.php]Penn”>http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/visiting/visitingfaq.php)</p>
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That’s the wrong place to list your father. Question 4 of the supplement (the very next question) specifically asks you to identify which, if any, of your parents holds a Penn degree (referring to “Parent 1” and “Parent 2” as listed on the Common App).</p>