If my great grandfather was a student at U Chicago, am I considered a legacy, or does a legacy student only mean his or her mother or father went to that university?
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The college’s supplement to the Common App will usually define it for you. They will ask a specific question, which will make it obvious how they define it (ex: has a parent or a sibling attended the school). My son was a double legacy at UChicago because both of his parents attended there, so I don’t recall how they specifically defined it because I knew he qualified, but I know that most schools define it rather narrowly.
Great grandfather doesn’t count. It’s usually only parents/grandparents/siblings that count.