<p>Hi, I am planning to apply as a transfer student for Fall 2012 admission.
I have a parent who received an MBA from Penn, and I am wondering if this will give me a significant advantage. Is legacy even considered for transfer applicants, and am I considered a legacy if my parent has a graduate, not an undergraduate, degree?</p>
<p>As for my profile, I have a 3.7x college GPA; I have an ACT in the 34-35 range (I don't want to get too specific); I graduated in the top 10% of my high school class and I come from a geographically underrepresented state with very few students at Penn.</p>
<p>How sure are you of this? I have read on this forum that legacies who apply freshman RD are not given an advantage. Whether or not this is true, I find the same to be kind of hard to believe for transfers, as it is an entirely different process. Surely there is some preference given?</p>
<p>Regardless, when I receive the decision in May I’ll be sure to update this thread to post the outcome of my application for anyone who’s curious. Does anyone else have experience with this?</p>
<p>My profile is weak and thus legacy probably would have played a role if I am admitted. My test scores, although decent, are nothing out of the ordinary considering most of the applicant pool will probably have similarly high scores. My high school record is weak, and my college GPA is low, probably much lower than that of the average admit. My extracurricular activities are mediocre, and recommendations/essays will probably turn out below average. There is basically little going for me besides the fact that I have a parent who attended, and with a 10% acceptance rate, the process is very competitive</p>
<p>Lol, you’ll be at no advantage whatsoever. First, students whose parents attended a college’s graduate school aren’t granted legacy statuses. Second, as cbreeze posted earlier, you’re a transfer, not a freshmen ED applicant, so once again, if you do or don’t get into Penn, your parent’s having attended Penn will have nothing to do with it.</p>
<p>How can you know for certain? Unless you work on the admissions committee or rather an admissions officer has explicitly said that, then we don’t know if ONLY freshman applying ED are given an advantage; it’s merely speculation</p>
<p>I’m looking at the application right now, and they ask if a parent has attended, whether it was for undergraduate or graduate school</p>
<p>I HAVE asked admissions, and they have said in no less terms that for freshman admission, legacy’s boost is considered in ED. That’s it.</p>
<p>I have no clue about transfer admissions, but it is crystal clear that legacy, for freshman admissions, needs to be played in the ED round…NOT RD.</p>
<p>If you bet your chance on the legacy, you will feel painful in the future. I don’t think legacy play an important role in transfer admission. Even the answer is yes, your chance of transfer admission is still low based upon your performance in college.</p>
<p>How do I know about legacy admissions? My son is a 4th generation Penn legacy. Safe to say, I had a lot of experience with the alumni office.
Not to disappoint you, but I don’t think you have a chance in admissions, even with a legacy boost. Legacy only works if you are already a competitive student and a boost sends you in. As one admissions officer said, " We can revive the dead."</p>
<p>Yes, I did mean You Can’t Revive the Dead. Thanks for catching my typo.
It’s too bad they closed the alumni advisory service.However, the regional rep was the person we contacted most often anyways though our son was granted an on campus interview.</p>