Is Legacy Status Considered during EA or RD?

cptofthehouse
Fri, 09 Oct 2020 19:21:12 +0000

You should ask the AO directly. The statement says that, “ Applicants with alumni ties will receive the most consideration for their affiliation with the University during the ED I process" . So they are straight up saying that ED1 applicants get “the MOST” consideration, but it does not state that other applicants will not get ANY consideration at all.

IMO, it’s unlikely that you are going to get any quantified amounts of how much consideration legacy counts during ED2, EA, RD but you may find out if you get any. It appears to me that SCU is going to try to make it happen for all ED1 legacy applicants , but it will vary according to all sorts of other things after that.

I was told that Penn only gives any legacy consideration for ED applicants and after that, it’s not even a consideration. They are very direct about that when asked.