Does U penn place any emphasis on legacy? U Chicago?
<p>I'm sure they do? Why not? Or correct me if they do not at all.</p>
<p>I thought I recently read that Chicago no longer gives preference to legacies (or maybe it is only if the parent went to undergrad at Chicago). Penn does- but I think it is mainly if you apply ED. For Penn, grandparents as well as parents give you legacy status.</p>
<p>University of Pennsylvania Legacy Web Page <a href="http://www.alumni.upenn.edu/aca/%5B/url%5D">http://www.alumni.upenn.edu/aca/</a></p>
<p>Admission Stats <a href="http://www.alumni.upenn.edu/aca/admissionstats.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.alumni.upenn.edu/aca/admissionstats.html</a></p>
<p>Legacy Admissions FAQ <a href="http://www.alumni.upenn.edu/aca/faq.html#a6%5B/url%5D">http://www.alumni.upenn.edu/aca/faq.html#a6</a></p>
<p>U Penn is actively seeking legacies applications.</p>
<p>Legacy only matters for Early Decision at UPenn. For ED it does help a good bit, but not at all for regular. I was a double legacy and a pretty strong candidate, but I was rejected. I thought it was harsh because I didn't really know how little legacy mattered for regular.</p>
<p>is Penn's legacy status good for children of ungrad's only, or also for grad school graduates?</p>
<p>University of Chicago Legacy Link </p>
<p><a href="http://www.alumni.uchicago.edu/admissions.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.alumni.uchicago.edu/admissions.html</a> </p>
<p>If nothing else, they waive the application fee for legacy applicants!!</p>
<p>papa chicken</p>
<p>The U Penn FAQ says:</p>
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What is a legacy?
Children and grandchildren of all University of Pennsylvania degree recipients are considered legacies during the undergraduate admissions process.
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<p>gracias richs</p>
<p>not to be rude or anything daria, but legacy boost still exists at penn for RD, but you're right, not nearly as strong as the ED boost.</p>
<p>I was told by several current students and admissions people that if I wanted a boost from legacy that I should have applied ED. So for regular I doubt that it helps much at all.</p>
<p>daria1000 is right, Penn legacy RDs are quite similar to all other RDs.</p>
<p>Penn wants people who want to be there, not people who want to be at other Ivies. A legacy who does not apply ED is saying "Penn is so far down my list that I won't apply ED even though I get a big advantage by applying ED." This is not the the type of person that Penn is eager to admit.</p>
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not to be rude or anything daria, but legacy boost still exists at penn for RD, but you're right, not nearly as strong as the ED boost
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<p>This is exactly what was said at the legacy admissions session.</p>
<p>thanks guys ive got my fingers crossed on chicago.... too bad it seems that there arnt too many brownie points for legacy there... but hey ill take the free application and stop whining</p>
<p>Penn gives a boost to legacies. I don't know that much about the University of Chicago's admissions process to make an assertion.</p>
<p>if my dad got his phD there, but didn't attend there for undergrad, does it still help?</p>
<p>Julie - </p>
<p>Look at post #8 this thread or visit the FAQ page for legacies at UPenn. I would say a PHD counts, based on what they posted.</p>
<p>Based on Daria's experience ( and others ); legacy only gives a boost during the ED round at UPenn. RA not very much of a boost, if at all.</p>
<p>They really want you to want to go there, for UPenn to take a legacy into account.</p>
<p>I've read several times that Penn only considers legacy status for ED. </p>
<p>You can read a quote saying this in the Atlantic Monthly article on ED in Sept. 2001. The article starts by discussing Upenn (<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/prem/200109/fallows%5B/url%5D">http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/prem/200109/fallows</a>) but unfortunately the free part cuts off before it gets to the ED part.</p>
<p>Anyway, here's what they said. Penn had a rep among top students in the 70's and 80's as a backup to HYP. Penn saw itself as a great school that was being screwed, with hundreds of students walking around campus p*ssed they had to "settle" for Penn instead of their #1 choice. So not only did Penn work to improve its rep, they actively tried to screen out students who used Penn as a backup and to attract those who really wanted to be there.</p>
<p>Part of this process was to change how they treated legacies. If you wanted the boost from legacy status, in return you were expected to commit to Penn as your #1 choice, and you did this by applying ED.</p>
<p>To avoid criticism by the alums and keep those donations rolling in, they soft-pedal this in their own brochures but its pretty well-known about Penn.</p>
<p>At the legacy admissions session on campus, they said bigger boost for ED, but it does count for RD also.</p>
<p>daria1000, its not too late if you want to go to Penn. Read on ...</p>
<p>Sure, this year is shot, but now that you know the ropes you could apply ED next year and have a better shot at getting in. Taking a gap year isn't such a bad idea, and I think many kids could actually benefit from it. Harvard, BTW, offers a 1-year deferral in its letter of admission to each student, no questions asked. </p>
<p>Not only does a year off give you a chance to decompress from HS, to mature, and to think about what you really want in your future, you can also use the time in a worthwhile manner to make your app even stronger. There is a bunch of info online about gap year activities.</p>