Do I count as legacy?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>Both my Mom and Dad attended Cornell, but they attended Grad School as international students.</p>

<p>Unfortunately, my dad is also deceased. </p>

<p>Does a person like me still count as a "legacy" to cornell?</p>

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<p>No, only UG.</p>

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<p>I don’t believe this is true - I recall seeing a student noted as “legacy” by Cornell via a parent who attended as a graduate student. However, I cannot find anything on the website to support this.</p>

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<p>From Cornellpezra

<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/1196264-cornell-legacy-policy.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/1196264-cornell-legacy-policy.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Cornellpezra isn’t a good source. I’d ask the admissions office. Most schools do not count graduate school for legacies.</p>

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<p>The application asks you to list parents and grandparents who went to Cornell. Those are what make you a legacy. I don’t remember the wording on the application, but if it says to list grand/parents who were “undergraduates,” then only undergraduates count. If it doesn’t specify on the application whether you should list grand/parents who went to Cornell as undergrads or grad students, then you should contact the admissions office, but otherwise I don’t see why you would need to - just look at the application. </p>

<p>Also, whether or not you’re a legacy shouldn’t really matter, to you anyway - people say it gives a slight advantage, but there’s nothing you can do about it whether you are one or not, so just concentrate on making the rest of the application good as well.</p>

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<p>Being a legacy applicant applying ED is a huge advantage. According to the Cornell reps if you apply ED with it, it is a hook less significant than an athletic recruit but more significant than an URM. Although it doesn’t help as much in RD, it can never hurt to have it.</p>

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<p>The way to find out if you are a legacy of any school is by looking at school’s supplement. I just checked Cornell’s supplement:
"Do you have parents, grandparents, or great-grandparents who attended Cornell? "</p>

<p>It does not exclude graduate school, so I was wrong, graduate school counts.</p>

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<p>Since I’ve been told that I’m not a good source, I may not answer. : )</p>

<p>But oldfort is correct. Grad school is considered legacy, and going back to the OP, it doesn’t matter if they are living.</p>