<p>would this count for anything? my mom and grandmother were both grads of Barnard, would that count for legacy at columbia? they both went to barnard before women were accepted at columbia</p>
<p>prob not, since barnard and columbia has a degree of seperation</p>
<p>but hold up, columbia use to be (not even that long time ago, according to your post) a all male college???</p>
<p>^yes. until 1983. and i’d say it helps. barnard is a category in the columbia common app supplement for legacies. my sister goes to barnard, and i listed her.</p>
<p>thanks. would you consider this a hook?!??!?!</p>
<p>Your situation is not considered a legacy status.</p>
<p>lightairen, could you elaborate please?</p>
<p>it’s not legacy per say because they didn’t go to columbia, but i’d say it still counts for something, or columbia wouldn’t put it as an option in their own application.</p>
<p>yeah but i mean even if it does have some effect, it won’t have have too significant of an impact on your admissions. so just put it down and relax haha</p>
<p>it’ll definitely help, although it would’ve helped more during the early decision process than regular decision.</p>
<p>You would qualify for legacy if one of your parents have a degree (grad or undergrad) from SEAS of Columbia College… now… the question is, would a Barnard degree be recognized as a Columbia College degree (since it is definitely not a SEAS degree)… ???</p>
<p>oh yeah btw, I think I read somewhere from a legit source (hernandez counseling website or one of her books) that for columbia, legacy is only for UNDERGRAD the college or SEAS.</p>
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<p>From Columbia’s website: [Applications</a> & Admission Process | Columbia University Office of Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/faq/admissions.php]Applications”>http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/faq/admissions.php)</p>
<p>Please note: applicants are considered to be “legacies” of Columbia only if they are the children of Columbia College or the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science graduates.</p>
<p>Hope that clears things up.</p>
<p>Please note: applicants are considered to be “legacies” of Columbia only if they are the children of Columbia College or the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science graduates.</p>
<p>that means if your parents graduated from CC or FFSEAS with a degree (BS/BA/MS/MA/PhD), you are considered legacy.</p>
<p>^first part, agreed…but PhD? isn’t that grad school?
only undergrad CC and SEAS are considered legacies…</p>
<p>A PhD degree holder from SEAS or CC is considered a “graduate” from SEAS or CC…</p>
<p>^ uh I’m pretty sure you can’t get a PhD when youre an undergraduate? (CC and SEAS are both undergraduate schools…“graduating” from them doesn’t mean getting a PhD from them -.-)</p>
<p>SEAS has graduate programs</p>
<p>From the site:
Does Columbia give preference in the admission process to applicants whose parents attended Columbia?
We are always pleased to receive applications from students whose family members have graduated from Columbia. When an applicant is extremely competitive and compares favorably with other similarly talented candidates, being the daughter or son of a Columbia University graduate (from any Columbia school or college) may be a slight advantage in the admission process. This advantage may especially apply for “legacy” candidates.</p>
<p>Please note: applicants are considered to be “legacies” of Columbia only if they are the children of Columbia College or the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science graduates.</p>
<p>It really can’t hurt that you have legacy. I mean, to a certain extent, the font you used for your Common App essay has bearing, so them seeing that your family has people who went to Barnard, which to this day still has a very intimate relation with Columbia, certainly cannot hurt your chances, and they may even help you a smidge. Now, obviously being a child of a Columbia College grad is preferred, but I have no doubt that they’d pick the kid of a Barnard grad oveer the one of, say, a Radcliffe or Pembroke grad.</p>
<p>It was my understanding, though I cannot find anything to substantiate this written on the Admissions site, that graduates of Barnard during the time Columbia was not admitting women WERE considered for legacy status. That makes sense to me, any way. There was no other way for women to attend Columbia at that time…</p>
<p>As the poster above said, it could not hurt for you to include that info in your application, I suppose.</p>