<p>A member of my family wrote the first charter for Brown and was influential in starting it. Would that help me get in?</p>
<p>I have a 3.6 gpa and 2200 on the SATs. I am a big time basketball player. I am an active musician. I have a ton of extra curriculars and I have had a job.</p>
<p>Any help or advice would be really appreciated</p>
<p>Is your last name “Manning”? If so, that might help.</p>
<p>Have you talked with the basketball coach?
That is certainly a very “distant” legacy. Usually legacy means still living (caring about whether you get in) family member. But it is interesting, so wouldn’t hurt to throw it into your app somewhere. (more detailed of course, ie who and when.)</p>
<p>Yes, puts “legacy” in a different light!</p>
<p>■■■■■, perhaps? He also claims a relative started a college at Yale.</p>
<p>How can you corroborate a claim of being related to someone influential that many generations back? Are you planning on sending a genealogy tree? I wouldn’t count on this helping.</p>