What counts as a legacy?

cdz512
Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:20:18 +0000

What is a “Legacy”?
The children and grandchildren of Penn alumni are considered legacies in the Undergraduate Admissions process. It doesn’t matter whether the parent or grandparent received their undergraduate or graduate degree from Penn — we include anyone with any degree from Penn.

Uncles are usually not considered legacy, but like Venkat89 said, it doesn’t hurt.