<p>My father graduated from Columbia undergraduate, and both my mother and her father graduated from the Teachers College. How much will this help me, in addition to applying ED?</p>
<p>also - my dad has only donated $500 dollars to the school</p>
<p>It’ll help some, but not a ton. I know someone who is a legacy at Columbia and he applied ED and got rejected. Tell us about your stats. If you are competitive to begin to with, then it should help.</p>
<p>Only if OP’s father graduated from Columbia College or SEAS is OP a legacy. GS will not count. TC isn’t even Columbia. </p>