if my uncle went to a university i wanna go to, will it be ok if i mentioned he attended or does it have to be in the imediate family?
<p>immediate family</p>
<p>mother and father only.</p>
<p>argh…i should tell my mom to divorce my dad then for my uncle to mary my mom for one week</p>
<p>Technically immediate family… but I cannot believe that—if your uncle happened to be the sort of alumni who donated the new campus library last month and is about to donate all the funding for the new science wing—the college would totally ignore his favorite neice/nephew. ;)</p>
<p>The technical definition is not immediate family, a legacy at most schools means your mother or father went there for undergrad. Some schools give you legacy status if a parent was a grad student there but most do not. We called Princeton last year and asked if having another child there got you tagged as a legacy. The answer was no.</p>
<p>“argh…i should tell my mom to divorce my dad then for my uncle to mary my mom for one week”</p>
<p>omg cookie this is sick</p>
<p>yes, especially if the uncle is his mom’s brother :D</p>
<p>Legacy in terms of official points is usually parents. But it never hurts to mention other family members, IMHO, because it shows a personal knowledge and experience with the school. One school I’d like my D to consider is a school where 3 aunts (all of my sisters) went, and a cousin now attends. </p>
<p>My S mentioned in his essay (to a different school, where he now attends) that our family had held the school in high esteem since the graduation of a relative in the 1920s from there! Interestingly, this relative’s brother attended the school my other S goes to. When this S went to his interview, he took some 1920’s postcards of the school along to the interview. </p>
<p>I think it says, “I know all about you and I love you anyway.” It’s a way of underscoring your interest.</p>