<p>by first generation, do you mean first generation in college or first generation in America?</p>
<p>ieatglue, legacy status is only if your parents attended, not your siblings.</p>
<p>Bah, I thought it would help at least a little bit that both of my siblings went to Harvard. Everyone I know that's gone (which, admittedly, isn't too many people) has had a sibling go, but the explanation is probably that they were both just incredibly smart.</p>
<p>Sibling attendance helps enormously. Perhaps more than parental attendance.</p>
<p>really? i've never heard that one before. usually the adcoms emphasize that legacy goes only with parents/grandparents.</p>