<p>Would a second cousin be close enough to be considered legacy?</p>
<p>no..LMAO...how bout my uncle's son's daughter's mom's sister's cousin's daughter's brother's dad's mom's daughter's uncle's mom?</p>
<p>You must be really desperate. How about trying to get good grades instead of using your second cousin's success?</p>
<p>Only a parent and sometimes grandparents. Always a relative who has given millions.</p>
<p>well, I thought that it would help. it's because I found out that one of my second cousins went to a very good school that I am interested in.</p>
<p>well, how bout this? my dad went to my top shot college for grad school and my college advisor told me it doesnt count as legacy..
clear cut enough?</p>
<p>I don't understand why everyone is acting so bitter in this thread. I was just asking a question, and that doesn't mean I'm desperate/stupid in any way.</p>
<p>What if it's a sibling?</p>
<p>You need to look at the specific school. Search its website for references to "legacy". At Penn, Grandparents can make you a legacy, but not siblings. At Columbia, only parents who were undergraduates (not graduate students) are considered legacies. Some schools make a bigger deal out of being a legacy than others. At Penn it appears to be a big deal, with a separate admissions track and meetings with alumni. At the particular school that you are looking at it may not be any plus.</p>
<p>Sometimes parents at grads schools are considered legacy, even when the policy says otherwise, if they've donated money.</p>
<p>parents at grad school for cornell are legacy... i called and ask...just the same</p>