<p>On the Yale application there are two places to list alumni family connections. On the main application, you are asked to list parents, grandparents, great-grandparents who have attended Yale and their college and graduation dates. On the Yale supplement you are asked to list any other relative who may have attended Yale. When I discussed this with my daughter’s GC, she said that Yale was one of the schools who counted legacy status more heavily than many other schools.</p>
<p>The admit rate for Yale legacies is approximately 25%-30%–this was mentioned at an alumni admissions meeting that my daughter’s father attended. Certainly no guarantee but in my daughter’s case, I can tell you that large donations to Yale were not a factor. Her father and other family members have contributed modestly to the school, albeit they have contributed consistently, but certainly there is no endowed chair.</p>
<p>From the way Yale differentiates direct lineage through parents and grandparents from other family members, it would seem that Yale would consider someone whose grandparent attended Yale as a legacy, even if the parent did not attend Yale.</p>
<p>Of course, without a substantial donation, you would certainly have to have he SATs and grades, etc. to get in.</p>