<p>How much does legacy affect admission decisions?</p>
<p>I have 4 relatives that graduated from MIT: Mom, Grandfather, Aunt, and Great-Grandfather. Does this have any impact on my chances of acceptance?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Legacy isn't considered in admissions at MIT.</p>
<p>From Matt's blog, [url=<a href="http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/qanda/questions_and_answers/september_questions_omnibus_1.shtml%5Dhere%5B/url">http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/qanda/questions_and_answers/september_questions_omnibus_1.shtml]here[/url</a>],
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Dan wrote, "Quick question: will legacies have a better chance at admissions than others? Will they be "favored" or does it totally not matter?"</p>
<p>Legacies are not favored, and do not have a better chance in admissions. If you are a legacy and are admitted, you are admitted for being awesome and not for being a legacy.
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<p>The one special consideration that you'll get (assuming that the policy hasn't changed in the last few years) is that if you're going to be rejected, the Dean of Admissions will read your file personally. In nearly all cases (admissions officers don't always agree and once in a blue moon there could be an exception to this), this doesn't change anything. But when your angry alum parents/relatives call, they want the dean to be able to tell them that s/he read your file personally, to calm them down more quickly. ;)</p>