I'm not a legacy?

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>There are a billion kids in my school with grandparents who went to penn/donated mucho. All of them are applying. Am I screwed? Will they drown me out in admissions?</p>

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<p>Yep, pretty much every student here is a legacy.</p>

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<p>No, especially since you’re a URM (aren’t you?) you’ll have a good shot.
And if you’re white, you still have a good shot if you have the grades.
Legacies usually simply get a tipping factor if their grades and SATs are decent, with a lot of passion invested into the college, and they ED.
If they don’t ED, they’re screwed. If they don’t show passion, they’re screwed.</p>

<p>Penn wants kids who care about the school. Legacy is simply something to appease past alumni, and their donations. However, if a legacy doesn’t show passion for Penn, or simply think they can get in because they’re a legacy and they want to use Penn like the doormat to the Ivy League, they’re screwed.</p>

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<p>that makes me feel a lot better, zester. hahah
ummm I’m asian. lol but neither of my parents went to college! does that help?</p>

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<p>From the Penn web site:</p>

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<p>[Penn</a> Alumni: Alumni Council on Admissons](<a href=“http://www.alumni.upenn.edu/aca/faqs.html]Penn”>http://www.alumni.upenn.edu/aca/faqs.html)</p>

<p>Also from the Penn web site:</p>

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<p>[Penn</a> Admissions: Incoming Class Profile](<a href=“http://www.admissionsug.upenn.edu/profile/]Penn”>http://www.admissionsug.upenn.edu/profile/)</p>

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<p>oh whoa, thank you!</p>