<p>On the Common App form, should we include our parent's colleges, degrees, and occupations or is this optional? I'm afraid that if other colleges see that I'm a legacy at an ivy league school, they won't want to accept me because they'll think I'm going there (even though it's like my 9th choice of 13 schools and I'm applying early somewhere else).</p>
<p>Just be truthful. And if you're applying early (assuming it's ED), then the college will know they're your first choice.</p>
<p>Yes, you have to put it there. Other colleges know that legacies to Ivies don't always get in (in fact, often don't get in).</p>
<p>It didn't hurt my d, who is also a legacy at an Ivy, to which she didn't even apply.</p>