Legacy status... or not??

happy1
Thu, 27 Jul 2017 22:10:32 +0000

You will be asked to provide your parent’s educational history on your application and it will be up to the college to determine its impact on your overall application. It is best to assume that your application will be reviewed on its own merits. A few comments:

–Generally a legacy is a graduate of a college. But colleges do define legacy differently so you can look on the school website to see if it is made clear there or check with admissions.

–I don’t think your parent not graduating would reflect poorly on you. People leave colleges for all kinds of reasons.

–A “less competitive Ivy”? The Ivy with the highest admission rate is Cornell and they accept about 14% of applicants which means that 86% of applicants are rejected. Admission to any Ivy college it is extremely competitive.

–I disagree a bit with the above post – I don’t think first generation is a “hook” along the lines of being a recruited athlete, a child of a huge donor etc. And some colleges (there is variation) do not consider a person first generation if a parent has set foot in college.