Does legacy affect admissions?

Applying to College
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<p>Both of my parents and many of my aunts, uncles, and cousins attended University of Miami, will this make a difference when I apply? </p>

2

<p>yup. </p>

3

<p>Alumni relation is “considered” according to their most recent CDS <a href=“https://umshare.miami.edu/web/wda/planningresearch/CDS1314.pdf”>https://umshare.miami.edu/web/wda/planningresearch/CDS1314.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

4

<p>^ That’s just a tip for admission.</p>

5

<p>It sure doesn’t hurt but it won’t get you in if you are not qualified on your own. Every school treats legacy applicants differently so I’d check with the UMiami admissions to get an idea of how they deal with legacy applicants. (For example at my alma mater which is not UMiami, legacy counts a good bit if you apply ED but it doesn’t count at all if you apply RD so it is good to know things like that which can be peculiar to a college). </p>

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<p>Like 2016 Bostonian said, look in the college’s Common Data Set. It will show what is considered for admissions. For the Univ of Miami it says it is “Considered”.</p>