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<p>Both of my parents attended the grad school at Columbia </p>

<p>father : Business
mother : teachers college</p>

<p>and I'm wondering if I have the opportunity to have an oncampus interview
with Columbia
my HS counseler says that I'm still considered as a 'legacy' , although reading
some of the posts here, apparently only students whose parents that
atteneded the undergrad are considered 'legacy.' Can anyone please clarify<br>
the whole on-campus interview process as well as the def of legacy for me? thanks.</p>

<p>PS: I'm aware that a true, powerful legacy would only work if my parents had attended the undergrad, but what i thought and my HS told me is that in practicality even by the fact that both my parents were grad students at columbia works as a legacy because if I do ED, which i am, shows loyalty and strong interest for the school. </p>

<p>So what i thought was is that there can't be a truly established definition for legacy. what do u think?</p>

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<p>I'm not 100% sure on it, but I think only ugrad legacies get on-campus interviews. I've interviewed kids who had parent alums of the grad schools, but I never thought to ask whether they declined an on-campus interview. You should have your parents call the admissions office and find out. take what your counselor says with a grain of salt.</p>

<p>Even if you're technically not a "legacy," you can still write your legacy connections down on your application. It isn't like there's a formula where you get "legacy points;" they'll see the loyalty of your parents to Columbia. Do your parents donate any or have any influence in other ways? That'll help too.</p>

<p>And by the way, TC is technically not "the grad school at Columbia." Like Barnard, JTS, UTS, etc., TC is an "affiliated institution."</p>

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<p>thanks for the info, yes my dad has donated abit and he is one of the interviewers in Korea for Columbia business school applicants. Yea and i agree with ur statement that there isn't a 'formula', well hopefully, because if the formula only takes in undergrads, my parents wont count as legacy.</p>