<p>So I know that being a legacy can increase your chances of acceptance pretty significantly at Penn if you apply ED, but does it make a difference if you're a legacy via more than one family member? I'm a quadruple legacy through my parents and two of my grandparents if that matters.</p>
<p>No it doesn’t. You will just get a note on your application that you’re legacy. It does not matter how many family members. Sorry, its unlucky for you, but great for me. I just have one grandparent. Penn published an article on it in the past.</p>
<p>i asked the admissions officers at a faculty seminar (i am a double legacy and my parents have worked there) and they said it made a difference. someone asked about legacies, and then i asked about double legacies, and she said “they’re double-y good!”</p>
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<p>I think you’re reading too much into what was probably intended as a light-hearted, humorous comment. My understanding from decades of observing the admissions process at Penn as an alum–including as the parent of a recently admitted legacy applicant, and someone who’s attended several legacy admissions sessions on the Penn campus–is that once an applicant is determined to be a legacy (i.e., at least one parent or grandparent who attended Penn), legacy status is conferred and no further inquiry or assessment is made in that regard. No greater weight is given to a legacy applicant because of having more than one parent or grandparent who attended Penn. In other words, it’s a box they check off during the ED round–and pretty much ONLY during the ED round–and then it’s only one factor in the admissions decision. They don’t say, e.g., “well THIS kid has TWO parents who attended Penn, while this OTHER kid only has one, so let’s admit the ‘double legacy’ instead of the measly single legacy kid.” 
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