<p>Okay, so my brother just graduated from Northwestern and I plan on applying there.</p>
<p>Does Northwestern take legacy into account? If so, does a brother count as legacy?</p>
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<p>Typically a brother does not qualify you for legacy status. If you apply ED and mention that your brother is an alumnus, you will almost certainly get a serious "look" if your GPA and SATs are in the mid-fifty percent range. Your essay and reason for applying to Nortwestern, along with teacher recs, will be more important.</p>
<p>Another question about legacy... Does a grandfather who did his graduate studies at NU count as a legacy??</p>
<p>my sister goes to NU right now, so i will let you know how much it helps on decemeber 15. seriously, ill report back then</p>
<p>While we're asking ... my husband and I are both NU graduates, and his mother studied there as an undergraduate but didn't graduate (transferred to another university). Would / should my children put her as well, and clearly indicate she didn't graduate? Or is it not worth bothering?</p>
<p>If I was a double legacy with both parents as alums, I would probably not mention that my grandmother also went but transferred.
It's just a judgment call; no right or wrong here.</p>
<p>Graduate studies typically do not count as legacy. It's usually undergraduate that counts.</p>
<p>i think she just means they graduated from the university, not that they were graduate students per se, but as one of my parents works in development at another university, i can say that a parent's involvement in the graduate school can be equally helpful as their involvement in the undergraduate division. in the end, it's about a family's relationship to the school, as a whole...</p>
<p>ok nobody has answered my question yet. if my brother jst graduated as an undergrad from NU, do I count as legacy?</p>
<p>Aquamarinee and goodluck, just to be clear: My husband and I both graduated from NU undergrad. I additionally went to Kellogg in the evening downtown program but didn't graduate. My husband's mother went to NU undergrad but transferred to another university to finish. Given that my kids will have two-parents-as-undergrad-legacies, is it even worth mentioning a) my NU graduate work and/or b) their grandmother's undergraduate work, even if incomplete, or does it not add anything so why bother.</p>
<p>I would just mention that you and your husband went for undergrad together = double legacy. I'm not sure whether graduate studies count at NU, but it doesn't at MIT and some Ivies.</p>
<p>It will certainly be more than enough to mention double legacy for your children's parents (you), their grandmother's studies will not make a big difference, especially if they terminated early.</p>
<p>Pizzagirl, please stop starting threads of your own on my thread.</p>
<p>i said im taking a hiatus from cc but i couldn't resist...yes, sibling legacy is taken into account as there is a section asking for it on the supplement...how much it can help you, i don't know, that's probably a case by case basis. but don't hesitate to tell them about your NU siblings, again, it's the family connection that schools are after</p>