Hi, I was wondering how much legacy helps a student in the admission process. I have 17 members family attend the university including both my parents and my brother. Among these alumina, 2 of them are BullGators and my grandfather was a professer for 20 years and Chairman of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology.
Any response is appreciated
It is considered as part of the holistic review.
It will definitely help a bit, but they will view the academic side first. If you don’t reach this, then alumni may not be a deal breaker. Not sure about the Bull Gator thing though, I know they give a lot of money the school lol!
It’s considered, but GPA/course rigor/test scores/essay/volunteer work/ECs, ect, have more weight in admissions.
Take a look at UF"s common data set (section C7). It list the items UF considers in admissions and then ranks them in order of importance, from “very important” down to “not considered”.
https://ir.aa.ufl.edu/media/iraaufledu/common-data-set/Main_cds2016-2017.pdf
With all that being said, a lot of alumni send their children to UF (we did!), about 30%+ of admitted freshman will be legacies. That likely has more to do with the number applying, than the level of importance placed on legacy.
FYI: another factor UF considers is the “level of applicants interest”. It’s not given a lot of weight (as is legacy), but it is considered. If your application mentions the strong family ties to the school, it will be considered, just not given a lot of weight.
In holistic admissions, every little bit can help. 
Someone said logged visits help.