Legacy not counting as much?

dayyneel
Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:04:30 +0000

I’m a junior and have two siblings at penn. I know this does not technically count as legacy, but i have heard it does help significantly. my friend’s private college counselor told her that this year, penn stopped letting as many legacies in just based on the simple fact that they were legacy. basically penn looked more at the person’s abilities and legacy was not weighted as much. is this true? is penn really putting less weight on legacies recently? if so, I’m assuming siblings won’t count for ***** anymore. can anyone provide any insight on this? thank you