<p>I'm purely asking this out of curiosity, I know it's probably not true or maybe it is but I just want to know.</p>
<p>Is it true what people say about legacies helping you into the ivies? Like in the example of Penn does it really help to have family who went there?</p>
<p>Yes, of course.</p>
<p>It helps the most during the ED round.</p>
<p>Thanks! I was having a disussion with my friend about this today.</p>
<p>Also just wondering, does just 1 or 2 family members help or do you need like 10? And your grades should still be on par with the school right?</p>
<p>Having a parent or grandparent who went to Penn qualifies you as a legacy. Once you are a Penn legacy, you don’t get bonus points for additional family members that went there.</p>
<p>Being a legacy gives you a slight advantage (especially when applying ED), but approximately two thirds of Penn legacy candidates are still denied admission.</p>
<p>I’ve heard higher, but yeah, it definitely helps.</p>