<p>Hi I plan on applying to very competitive schools and I was wondering if being Hispanic and legacy to yale harvard and upenn helps my chances at all with admissions? Thanks </p>
<p>It does help -it’s not a guarantee of admission, though. And the legacy part would only count at the respective schools.</p>
<p>It helps at the legacy school, but may work against you at the non legacy schools. BTW, how likely are you legacy to all 3? Are you making your story up?</p>
<p>You are legacy to all three? Likely not direct and that may be the only direct that counts much. Plus I think at Penn they explicitly state that legacy is only considered ED (or EA whichever they have.) But if you have that yes it helps if you are otherwise qualified. URM helps, everyone knows that. But you can’t rely on either/both. Look at CDS to see that these things are Very Important, Important, Considered, Not Considered and you will see considered at best.</p>
<p>Make your reach, match, and safety assessments without considering legacy or URM status; that way, any bonus that results in admission will be a pleasant surprise.</p>
<p>I am in fact legacy to all three but not for undergrad. My mother went to Yale for undergrad, then Harvard business. My father went to Upenn undergrad as well as my grandfather</p>
<p>Really? Here is what you have posted so far in your limited 16 posts. You are a freshman, sophmore, junior. You have take Geometry and you are going to take Geometry in summer. You don’t want to be left behind by people taking precalc, but you already have a background on calculus. You have a bio subject of 760 in April, but somehow you just finished it and scored 670. What else are you going to make up?</p>
<p>I don’t know why people have to make up these types of posts and waste everyone’s time. Please don’t do that.</p>
<p>4/24 I have a 3.9 gpa, scored a 2180 on the SAT, a 760 on the biology subject, and a 740 on the chemistry subject. I am legacy to Yale, Harvard, and UPenn and am involved in a ton of extracurricular activities.
Last year i took: High Honor Geometry …
This year I am taking:… <a href=“Can i drop history senior year and still get into an ivy? - Applying to College - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1644061-can-i-drop-history-senior-year-and-still-get-into-an-ivy.html</a></p>
<p>6/26, I’m a freshman that just finished honors biology and scored a 670 on the sat2 for biology. <a href=“Subject Tests for Yale - Test Preparation - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-act-tests-test-preparation/1662329-subject-tests-for-yale.html</a></p>
<p>6/2 I was wondering if any people out there have taken geometry over the summer and how it put you at an advantage/disadvantage. 90% of my class is going to trig/precalc next year and i dont wanna be left behind
<a href=“Should i take geometry over the summer? - High School Life - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/high-school-life/1655493-should-i-take-geometry-over-the-summer.html</a></p>
<p>5/7 At the moment i’m taking trig/into calc and AP biology. Next year would it be too much if i were to go to AP calculus BC AND AP physics C part 1 (mechanics)? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/high-school-life/1648646-next-year-s-classes.html”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/high-school-life/1648646-next-year-s-classes.html</a></p>
<p>5/7 I’m currently a junior <a href=“next year's classes - #3 by ncubed014 - High School Life - College Confidential Forums”>next year's classes - #3 by ncubed014 - High School Life - College Confidential Forums;
<p>6/27 Hey so next year i will be taking AP physics C mechanics (part1, its divided into two classes at my school), I have a semester background of Calculus (limits and derivatives), and will be taking Calc BC as well. <a href=“Physics C prep - AP Sciences - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sciences/1662554-physics-c-prep.html</a></p>
<p>^Wow</p>
<p>This may not be relevant to the OP given…their changing nature, but I get the sense that many universities don’t hold graduate legacy to be as much weight as undergraduate legacy. So yes, there is that Yale and UPenn legacy there (especially at UPenn since it is two generations), but I’m not sure how much Harvard will care - although of course that varies from university to university.</p>
<p>Or does the effect of legacy vary depending on whether the alumni relatives donate?</p>
<p>I apologize for this… I share this with my brother and friend. I’ll tell them they have to make their own accounts @pastwise didn’t mean to come across as wasting people’s time. </p>
<p>Also thank you for the input guys </p>
<p>You’ve pretty much hit the jackpot for whichever schools your parents attended as undergraduates. If your stats are good then I think your chances are fantastic. I know someone who was a URM, legacy, and recruited athlete, I kid you not. He was as cool as a cucumber throughout the entire college admissions process. </p>
<p>Please remember that being a legacy is still only a tip in the admission factors considered. You still need the grades, scores, etc to be competitive.</p>