<p>My apologies for posting two topics. I'm very curious, how exactly does legacy work? My father went to Princeton for undergraduate long ago, but I'm not sure if him just going there would even help me. Can someone clarify?</p>
<p>Yes. You are a legacy at Princeton. It increases your chances substantially.</p>
<p>Would that apply as well if we have cousins or other relatives who went to Ivies?</p>
<p>no. 10char</p>
<p>So just the fact that one relative went there for a measly four years means I get legacy? Thank you.</p>
<p>^ Yep. 10char</p>
<p>^ Yep. 10char </p>
<p>What are you talking about? Techy said in post #4 that relatives don’t count, in response to post #3 (my post)?</p>
<p>Parents count. Grandparents count. People who directly contribute to your DNA count. Cousins, half-cousins, relatives, uncles, etc, do not count.</p>
<p>^
What about siblings, since they have the same DNA?</p>
<p>It might help a little, but it doesn’t make you a legacy. Siblings do not CONTRIBUTE to your DNA.</p>
<p>I am phrasing this rather awkwardly, I know :P</p>
<p>what about a father teaching there? anybody knows if that increases chances? thanks ^^</p>
<p>lol… if your father teaches there shouldn’t you know princeton better than all of us…</p>
<p>What about step-parents? 
or if your biological parents went to princeton, but abandoned you when you were 2 days old?</p>
<p>lol well i suppose if i was american… since im not i have no idea about the american ways of dealing with those things,im afraid ^^ in austria it wouldnt matter at all, because we dont have university applications… we just go there :P</p>
<p>Techy, I was interested in you response that a grandparent is a legacy. The Princeton supplement doesn’t ask where your parents or grandparents went to school. The Common App asks for your parents school, but not your grandparents. What would you say is the most appropriate way to communicate info about a grandparent?</p>
<p>What if your great grandfather, six generations removed, was in Princeton’s first class? And another one of your ancestors graduated in 1796, first in his class? Are you sure that relatives like that don’t count as legacies?</p>
<p>Just how much <em>does</em> legacy help?</p>