<p>“While legacy applicants receive careful consideration throughout the selection process, maximum consideration is given during Early Decision. This is because an Early Decision application reflects the student’s personal commitment to Penn, independent of any family influence. Legacy status is acknowledged during Regular Decision, but it plays a much smaller role in the midst of a very competitive, much larger applicant pool.”</p>
<p>From: [August</a> 2010 | Alumni Council on Admissions](<a href=“http://www.alumni.upenn.edu/aca/enews/0810.html]August”>http://www.alumni.upenn.edu/aca/enews/0810.html)</p>
<p>Although it is considered, it will not put forward a swaying impact.</p>