how much does being a legacy help?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Princeton University
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<p>im a serious princeton legacy-
my grandfather
great-uncle
dad
2 uncles
and various degrees of cousins have all gone. </p>

<p>plus my brother (whom the dean of admissions knows (by first name!) very well now) is currently a student there.</p>

<p>how much do you think this really helps me, the little sister, as im applying this fall?</p>

<p>can they really turn down a someone- who is up to par-if their sib is currently enrolled, without legit cause? my mom keeps assuring me of this but my dad (the princeton grad) is more critical. but then my dads graduating class's kids had some ridiculous acceptance rate this year i think. but i dont know....what do yall think???</p>

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<p>I think it will help you a lot so congratulations on that. </p>

<p>I guess it guarantees you if you are reasonably at Princeton's standards. </p>

<p>Of course there are alumni and then there are alumni so one can't truly gauge the advantage but it'll be a big big boost.</p>

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<p>Too much....</p>

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<p>Lol in your case it's more than just a legacy...honestly if you're competitive I'd expect you to be in.</p>

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<p>I actually will disagree with the previous posters. I don't think it will help that much. Here's why: only the father as a legacy counts, and the brother helps but I'd estimate to a lesser extent. Princeton doesn't really care beyond immediate family members. They also don't care about the graduate program, provided that you're applying as an undergrad (grad school has different policies and admissions that I'm not familiar with.)</p>

<p>Now, if you have a good academic record, good recommendations, etc., you stand a good chance of getting in. But don't think that being a legacy will play much of a role, because it won't.</p>

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<p>^ Well here's a response from a current princeton student (if my memory is correct?) , so...and the rest of us are just HS students. I always got the impression that legacies were a big part of admissions and esp. if you have many, but my info is scarce.</p>

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<p>Well how good was your brother? That might help you understand the boost. </p>

<p>And unless your uncles were truly influential it won't matter much on them individually. But your family is kinda like a package deal where the sum is greater then all the parts so who knows?</p>

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<p>It could help, as long as you have good grades and everything else too.</p>

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<p>You should be answering this for us</p>

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<p>well as far as "alumni" alumni...we've never financially really been in a position to give, although everyone else in the family does give some I'd suspect. But no, its not like return address of all the mail has "B******n hall admissions office" on it lol.
I'm a good student, better than my brother, in top classes and overloaded schedules. But my brother was extracurricular/leadership god. seriously. he was president/prefect/captain of over 8 really huge things...including crew which almost everyone recruited him for. I appreciate ya'll's feedback, thanks! oh and all my fam are undergraduate alumni, no grad school alumn's</p>