<p>My dad did Post-Grad (researched and taught a few courses, I think) at Harvard, would that help my admissions at all?</p>
<p>I doubt it, there seems to be more and more legacies who are declined each year. Of course it wouldn't hurt you in any way.</p>
<p>Legacy only helps you, so definitely put it down. It doesn't guarantee you admission or anything, but you never know how it might factor in in your favor...</p>
<p>ok, thanks, guys!</p>
<p>My dad did post-grad there and was on staff for 14 years. He has several publications while there, and is now paranoid as to whether or not that will help.</p>
<p>it shouldn't, if it does. it seems like only the children of Harvard College alumnus should be deemed legacies, or at least that's my stance on things, since we (most prospective students) are applying to the college and not, let's say, the med school (in short, i don't feel it's fair for the children of alumnus from graduate schools to be considered legacies at the undergraduate level).</p>
<p>That's what I've been saying, but he won't buy it!</p>
<p>Harvard makes it clear that for undergrad admissions they grant formal legacy status only to sons and daughters of alums who went UNDERGRAD to Harvard.</p>
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Harvard makes it clear that for undergrad admissions they grant formal legacy status only to sons and daughters of alums who went UNDERGRAD to Harvard.
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<p>Good, that's how it should be</p>
<p>^^But not all schools follow this practice. Stanford, for example, grants legacy status to applicants who had a parent who earned any degree at Stanford - college, medical school, law school, business school, etc. Some other schools also give legacy status to applicants with older siblings who attended there. Harvard does neither of these.</p>
<p>If he was on the staff for 14 years, it may help a little. No harm mentioning it!</p>
<p>Even if it's not formal, you might get a tiny, informal boost (which can be quite important in the frenzied admissions of today)</p>
<p>Unless he's been a big donor, I wouldn't think it would help.</p>
<p>Actually, I just asked an admissions officer about siblings about 3 weeks ago, and she told me that having a sibling at Harvard college gives you a slight edge (the same as a legacy parent... helps but is never a deciding factor)</p>
<p>I think legacy status or anything like that (if your connection isn't a big donor) doesn't do anything unless two people are pretty evenly matched, or are very similar in terms of activities, scores, or whatever. Any kind of edge is overrated imo (except URM status).</p>
<p>^that's overrated as well. An athletic edge (and by edge I mean recruitable) isn't.</p>
<p>I agree with piccolojunior.</p>