<p>Your odds aren’t great. You need a very good reason why your grades suffered, and you will essentially need to pull a 4.0 from now on and get stellar test scores. The admissions office doesn’t “owe you” anything for what your relatives did, although the fact that you are legacy will help. </p>
<p>Don’t get discouraged; even if you fall short, doing well will put you in position to go to a nice school, and maybe you can transfer in from there?</p>