<p>tonystonem1291 are you interested in Cornell U or Cornell College (I think sybbie719’s link is for Cornell College)?</p>
<p>Back in the last century, I was a grad student at CU, and one of my pals worked in admissions in Arts and Sciences. At that time, YES indeed being a legacy was a big deal. As I recall, the legacies had their own admissions interviewers.</p>
<p>An aunt and uncle both from Yale will count for something, but we don’t have any way of knowing just how much. If your relative who was a major in the field you are headed into has maintained really good contacts with the department, you may be able to gain a slight pull from there.</p>