<p>Legacy to Oxford help in American Ivies as well as in Oxford. </p>
<p>Oxford '33 Oxford '92, grandfather and father.</p>
<p>Logically it makes sense that someone who comes from a line of well educated ancestors should be more attractive than not.</p>
<p>Not really.</p>
<p>You are incorrect.</p>
<p>hahaha. no.</p>
<p>Definitely not a hook. Perhaps an anti-hook, even..."Why is this person not applying to Oxford? And if he is, what makes him think we'd want him if Oxford did not?"</p>
<p>No. Schools are out for $, so they want to appease the child of the man who just donated half their campus.</p>
<p>I obviously was not clear enough. i am a freshman not a junior that didn't get accepted to oxford or didn't apply to there. it's been mentioned in various places on this forum that Legacys and being a URM, both of which i am, is a "hook" that helps differentiate oneself among other equally strong applicants.
Also, how can anyone say that a line of smart ancestors deters a student from a higher education facility, explain what you mean more clearly because that confuses me. CNI was that a joke?</p>
<p>Yes, legacies to the college you're applying to, not one in another country. What kind of URM are you? That makes a difference. </p>
<p>No, having smart ancestors doesn't help. Because then by that logic, people whose parents didn't go to college would be at a disadvantage, and that is not the case.</p>
<p>yep. in fact, it helps more to have parents who didn't go to college.</p>
<p>before i release what kind of URM i am, what is the difference between Asian Americans, African Americans, Middle East ect. what difference does it make?</p>
<p>If you're considered Asian-American (which generally refers to Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and much of southeast Asia, sometimes but not always including India), you're not actually a URM. Thus we know you're not considered Asian-American.</p>
<p>actually being asian american can hurt your chances at top universities(more than talked about).</p>
<p>and the other URM's ?</p>
<p>Just out of curiosity, why is it such a big deal for you to tell us what you are?</p>
<p>(s)he wants to decide what to tell us (s)he is.</p>
<p>Ok, 1st, legacy only counts at university you're at so you don't have that hook</p>
<p>2nd, If you aren't from this country than you CAN NOT be a urm, you are simply international and are considered from the pool of international students.</p>
<p>And if your grandparents went to oxford in '33 i'm guessing that you are not black (segregation/discrimination), definitely not native american (didn't come from America), and not hispanic-non european, as you are from europe. </p>
<p>So you're probably not a URM either. (middle eastern is not URM).</p>
<p>Sorry, you're hookless as far as those two go</p>
<p>because this is the internet, what about af americans, middle eastern, russian immagrants ect.</p>
<p>The Internet has nothing to do with your URM status.</p>
<p>Only African American, Hispanic, and Native Americans are URMs.</p>
<p>The Ivy League doesn't care at all that your parents went to Oxford. They don't care.</p>
<p>Because this is the internet... what? </p>
<p>Russian, I believe is white and Middle Eastern doesn't receive URM status. African-American does most places, but I believe that was already said.</p>
<p>i'm black ok? pros and cons of af americans? i lived in england then US, and will be a citizen of the US by the time i send in Applications so is doesn't that make me a URM? Also, i will be applying to Oxford as well as school here just as high on rankings, i live in the USA.</p>