<p>Are uncles or cousins considered legacies? My uncle went to Georgetown, and my cousins went to Brown, NYU, and Columbia.</p>
<p>yea legacies are pretty much any of ur relatives. man u are hooked up nicely. lucky u..</p>
<p>it dpeepnds on the school. i asked JHU if counts that my aunt went there,a nd they told me taht it didn't. alot of schools also ask specifically for parents or grandparents, and then sometimes leave a space for "other relatives." so yeah look up the specific school's policy.</p>
<p>Legacies are also weighted differently at different schools. Some schools don't care much, but others (like Penn) love legacies.</p>
<p>legacies for regular decision give you virtually no advantage- but for ED it at least will double your chances... at least thats what the dean of cornell said</p>
<p>Legacies are parents and gradparents only.</p>
<p>This will not help you. The only family relationship that will ever give you legacy status are parents, grandparents, and siblings. In addition, employees of the school or children of employees are often considered legacies for admissions purposes. Colleges do define legacy differently, but it doesn't get more general than this.</p>
<p>Also, the bump that being a legacy will give you differs from college to college.</p>