<p>Legacy in Penn admissions is a check-off box–you either are, or you aren’t (determined by whether any or your parents or grandparents is a graduate of any of Penn’s schools, undergrad or grad). According to what I’ve read and heard over the years, no further inquiry or analysis beyond that is performed by the Admissions Office. So it doesn’t matter whether you have one grandparent who graduated from Penn Law, or 2 parents and 4 grandparents who all graduated from Penn undergrad. You’re a legacy either way, and no additional legacy boost is given to the applicant with multiple Penn alums among his/her parents/grandparents.</p>
<p>And the same goes for alumni donations–no inquiry is made by the Admissions Office into how may times your Alumna Mom donated to The Penn Fund, etc. That just doesn’t factor into the legacy portion of the admissions equation.</p>
<p>Now, as dfree124 points out, if your family has donated a 7-figure sum to Penn, that probably would be taken into account in the admissions process. But that would not be because you are a legacy applicant, but rather because you are what is referred to in the admissions world as a potential “developmental admit.” In other words, “legacy” and “money” are 2 different things in the world of selective college admissions.</p>