<p>My dad works at PennMedicine and I know I get roughly 70% off my tuition if I get in to UPenn. Is this considered a legacy or will it somehow impact my application?</p>
<p>It is considered a staff quota. People are not exactly certain how many students are admitted purely based on being a staff member’s child. Penn has to provide some money to pay for your tuition elsewhere (not 70%) and so it is financially beneficial to Penn to admit you. </p>
<p>However someone I know told me many of their colleagues’ children were not admitted and they go to school elsewhere. It is best your parent ask Penn admissions how many children are admitted each year.</p>
<p>Are you applying for 2015 or have you already applied?</p>
<p>This year thanks!</p>
<p>It would be good to ask admissions this question (your parent needs to contact them directly) since it is a monetary benefit for your parent from the school. </p>
<p>From what I have seen with other schools, it comes down to how many staff students there are and how many they can accept, assuming every student has the qualifications to meet Penn standards.</p>
<p>Being a child of faculty/staff is definitely legacy status but I believe it is only considered if you apply ED.</p>
<p>No, not a legacy at all. Your parent or grandparent would have had to go to Penn, although there has been talk about whether having a sibling at Penn helps.</p>
<p>Being a legacy helps getting in. They will likely ignore your parent’s status unless they are a real big wig (like Dean or something).</p>
<p>Being the child of an employee helps paying for tuition. Remember that Penn pays of 100% need and 100% grant for that need, so you won’t be getting anything else likely, so the total cost might be about $30,000 at any rate. Even the state school I teach with full tuition remission will cost us almost $20,000 per year if my son goes there.</p>