<p>BTW, he would need to donate BEFORE you are admitted. They don’t take promissory notes. 
And a friend of mine was in a similar situation (different uni), and her uncle just wrote a letter explaining that he was related to her.</p>
<p>Oh, haven’t looked at it like that before muay, I guess you’re right about the resources. I guess I should just be thankful then that I’m in this position. souringcicada, thanks for making sure I understand that haha, that will be my main takeaway from this! Thanks for all your help. I will continue to still work my ass off in highschool and continue to develop my passions, and hopefully have a competent enough resume, regardless of my new-found legacy potential.</p>
<p>Thank you JenPam, will do!</p>
<p>Found your uncle online. Anyways goodluck with the college admission!</p>
<p>^ By google? LOL.</p>
<p>People, who cares if this situation is real or not? The answer to the question is straightforward.</p>
<p>Mods - the poster’s uncle is easily identifiable. Might want to delete the specifics.</p>
<p>It won’t let me edit the post anymore. If a mod doesn’t remove it, I will delete this thread in a few days (If I have the power to do that).</p>
<p>Any more input? I’ve been reading around, and haven’t seen a single post where a legacy is someone’s uncle or aunt. I get the feeling that even if my uncle were to donate 1,000,000+ it wouldn’t make as big a difference for me because he is isn’t my dad. What do you think?</p>
<p>Personally, I think that you shouldn’t count on a “billionaire uncle” to get you into school.</p>
<p>Knockaround, in a way it is unjust, but realistically, I would make the most of my resources if I were in his position. Some people have it easier in life than others.</p>
<p>However, I will have to admit that it might be awkward asking your uncle: “Hey… can you spot me one million dollars so I can get into Stanford?”</p>
<p>Have you thought about how you are going to approach this, Goku?</p>
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If there is a person who will say to the college, “I will donate a million bucks if you accept OP,” that will help, whether the person is your uncle, your friend, or a total stranger. Well, I’m not sure a million bucks is the right amount, but it would probably do the trick. It has nothing to do with being a legacy.</p>
<p>You think my life is easy? I have Tourette Syndrome which I have to deal with every day, and my mom passed away from cancer a few years ago. Please try not to judge others when you have no clue about the inner-workings of their lives. Also, if you have read half of the posts I made in this thread knockaround, you would see that I made it very clear that I am not banking on my uncle having money and donating to Stanford, to say the least. I have many other things, such as grades, scores, and extracurrics going my way. It could be an important factor in my application however, which is why I came on this website to get peoples’ input. Also my approach to asking is personal, and i think i have all the input i need now. Thank you for the help everyone.</p>
<p>GokuKetchum–An uncle counts as legacy, especially if he is a big donor. For Stanford I’ve heard it needs to be upwards of $2M though. And that doesn’t GUARANTEE you admission. If he donates enough for a building with his name on it, then you’re golden.</p>
<p>Goku, you are the only one making assumptions. I was clearly referring to college applications, not your life in general. I don’t even know you. I would say that you have it easier than nearly any person on this forum in terms of college acceptance if you plan to use your rich uncle to buy your way in. </p>
<p>Even if you have the scores, activities, etc, I would assume that your family is very well off, so that is pretty much expected of you. Though, I’m not sure how much difficulty has come with having Tourette syndrome; I am sure that is hard to deal with. Many people have it a lot worse though; some can’t even afford to go.</p>
<p>I can’t find the billionaire Uncle :(</p>
<p>@ OP: I’m not saying that your life is easy or that you don’t deserve to get into Stanford, i’m just making a (slightly) jealous comment, trying to give the viewpoint of someone reading about a kid using his uncles money to get ahead. I understand that you’re just using your resources and there is nothing wrong with that, I’d do the same thing. Good luck.</p>
<p>Alright muaythaiguy, you’re right, I’m guess all that stuff I just said was b<em>ll</em>****, I’m just trying to buy my way into school, and I probably do have it easier than most of the people on here. Stay jealous. </p>
<p>Knockaround, thanks for explaining, I can completely see it from the viewpoint you are describing too. Sorry if I have come off as a snob anywhere. Nice choice of words too, I am seeing if I can use my uncle’s success to get ahead, never did I say to get in, because that might be near impossible, and I haven’t had any aims of doing that in the first place. The whole purpose of this post is just for me to see what you guys think, and how much of an influence this could have for me, because I was completely oblivious to the whole concept of legacies just a week ago. Also thanks for more input guys.</p>
<p>You think you’re superior because your family is rich? Why would you assume that I’m jealous of you? While I think that it’s fine that you use the resources available to you, at the end of the day, that Stanford acceptance letter isn’t going to be that special, is it? At least if I get accepted, I can feel good about myself and say that I got there on my own. You do have it easier than anyone else in terms of this, and if you don’t accept that, I have no respect for you.</p>
<p>Alrighty, I’ll go enjoy my superior life then! Yay me! </p>
<p>I don’t give a f**k about what you think in the first place, I’m just trying to get input from a forum. If you have problems that you need to deal with go do it somewhere else, you’ve only contributed nonsense here.</p>
<p>To any mods out there, I’ve gathered all of the info I need from this thread, you can close it if you want. Thank you.</p>