I have legacy at an incredibly good university, however it is through my aunt. With this, excuse my calling it legacy, should a seasoned confidentialite feel that an aunt is not legacy.
With that said, more than them being just legacy, they are the executive director of a laboratory at the university, and used to be the assistant director of a major foreign-exchange-type program at the university.
It should be noted that they have not made any sizable donations to the university.
With that said, would this have any significant “bump” to my chances at the university?
Mother, father, grandparent almost always is, unless the university doesn’t consider legacies.
Same with employees - aunt usually is NOT considered a close enough family member.
Look up the rules at the university. Siblings sometimes matter, sometimes not. I like to think my brother having gone to my alma mater a few years before me helped, I know it didn’t hurt based on his fine GPA there.
That being said, if she is highly respected, and she loves you to pieces as in “favorite nephew/niece”, then have her write a glowing recommendation for you.
If you aren’t a senior yet, beg to work at that laboratory in the summer, that may help you a lot more than her being a legacy.
Both of the last suggestions would also help you elsewhere - she doesn’t HAVE to mention she’s your aunt to other colleges, just an amazing young person she knows.