What schools consider graduate legacies?

Applying to College
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<p>I'm asking this not because I have a sibling that is going through the undergraduate admissions process, but because there are other CCers for whom the answer could be helpful. We all know that some schools put some weight to undergraduate legacy (Notre Dame favors the children of alumni who earned a BA/BSc there, for example) in the process.</p>

<p>But what about graduate legacy (i.e. one whose parents or siblings earned some advanced degree at a given school)? Are there legacy-sensitive schools that will put some, if any, weight to family antecedent of earning an advanced degree there, but not an undergraduate degree?</p>

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<p>Why don’ t you attack it differently? Obviously, your parents only went to a finite set of graduate/professional schools. Contact that list – rather than ask someone to list a handful of schools that bear no relation to your situation.</p>

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<p>Again I said that I didn’t ask that question because I would personally use the answer but because someone else here could…</p>

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<p>Then they can ask that question when it comes up. No one here is going to know the answer off the top of their heads - and no one has any interest in researching it.</p>

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<p>If a school values undergrad legacy, they also value graduate legacy.</p>

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<p>Stanford states that it considers graduate school. But one of my interviewers told me that any graduate legacy can help – but undergraduate legacies are the strongest. </p>

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<p>I think UVA does.</p>

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<p>Even a school counts graduate school legacy, it may give a different weight. There was a study on primary and secondary legacies. Parents with graduate degrees, grand parents, siblings, etc are considered secondary legacy in that study and has lower impact in admission in general.
<a href=“Legacy’s Advantage May Be Greater Than Was Thought”>http://chronicle.com/article/Legacys-Advantage-May-Be/125812/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>One person is only an anecdote, but my anecdote may be common. I went to a SLAC for UG, and a large west coast private university for grad (Ph.D.). Both you’ve probably heard of. I have given money every year to my UG, served on alumni council, hosted kids on week long externs, and interviewed for admissions there. For my grad school? Crickets. Loved my time there in beautiful Palo Alto, but feel no particular connection or loyalty to the school (though I guess I’ll pick them in the NCAA bracket for better than their seeding).</p>

<p>That’s my feeling about why schools care about UG legacy, and may not so much about grad legacy. The feeling tends to be mutual.</p>

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<p>Penn does, but Penn only considers legacy for early decision applicants</p>

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But does Minnesota consider graduate legacies?

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sorry…wrong place

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It 100% depends on the school I agree that you can’t find the information online then pose the question directly to the schools. I also think it helps if your parents have been regular donors to the school.