<p>My sister is currently a graduate student for her doctorate degree at MIT and is attending on a full scholarship. Would her academic performance help in increasing my chance of admission at all?</p>
<p>Not sure if you'd be considered a legacy, but MIT is one of the few schools that doesn't give advantages to legacy applicants. From a non-legacy standpoint, I think it's fair like that : )</p>
<p>A legacy is someone who has at least one parent who graduated from the school.</p>
<p>But panasonic is correct: legacy applicants are not given an advantage in MIT admissions.</p>
<p>Your sister will not help you gain admission.</p>
<p>I think we ought to get some brownie points for having a great grandmother who must have been one of the first women at MIT!</p>
<p>Oh, all right. Thanks for the replies. :)</p>
<p>She could help you if she knows the faculty that you would consider working for. Most grad school admissions decisions are made by the prof that you would be working for, so she may be able to get you a "behind the scenes" advantage.</p>
<p>I just realized you meant undergrad admission. What I said doesn't apply.</p>