<p>Both of my parents are SUNY grads - father went to Binghampton and mother went to various CUNY schools. Could I be a legacy at ILR?</p>
<p>nope. It wont help you a bit.</p>
<p>what an absurd question</p>
<p>We’re a SUNY household and yes my d is a student in ILR- but the SUNY connection is not what got her into ILR. (Though I’m sure it didn’t hurt). It’s tough to show your love and passion for ILR. But certain HS courses and activities may help. My d did have AP History courses and AP psychology. She did have leadership positions-- 1400+ SAT (old standard) and top 10% of graduating class. I think all those things help but I am also assuming most ILR candidates have similar backgrounds. What I think helped abit is that she did visit the campus and did the ILR admisssion tour. The day of her visit there were only 2 other kids touring- so it was almost like having a “private meeting” with the ILR admission counselor. She asked questions- she was engaged- and she also had e-mail contact with him after the tour. I think all that helped- and not the fact that hubby and I went to SUNY schools. I am also a union member and that bit of info also got mentioned in one of the essays. Figured that info couldn’t hurt either. Good luck!!</p>
<p>Since Cornell is NOT PART OF SUNY (see the pinned thread), absolutely not.</p>
<p>lol no it’s not, I don’t want to be impolite or mean, but wow</p>
<p>The wow is because my question was so stupid?</p>
<p>Cornell will give a leg up to an applicant who has a parent, grandparent or great grandparent who went to Cornell. That’s it. According to the information given to alumni, the leg up only applies for such a legacy candidate against an otherwise similarly qualifed non-legacy candidate. </p>
<p>Cornell is New York’s land grant university (I believe that each state has one), and Cornell has several contract colleges that receive limited funding from New York State to support their research and service mission. These colleges are operated by Cornell by contract with the NY State government. So, while there is a loose affiliation between Cornell and its state university system, the contract colleges are still private schools. In fact, based upon articles that I’ve read over the years, the relationship between Cornell and the state government of New York/SUNY system is often strained over budgetary and other financial decisions, and many times, shortfalls in the amounts the state was supposed to grant to the contract colleges has been fully made up by Cornell so that the contract colleges don’t suffer as a result of budget cuts where SUNY schools often do. </p>
<p>Cornell is not SUNY. You can’t apply to the contract colleges through the SUNY application that you use for each other SUNY 4-year college. You also do not get legacy status at Cornell unless you are the child, grandchild or great grandchild (and I suppose even great great grandchild, etc.) of a Cornell graduate.</p>
<p>There’s no such thing as a stupid question…</p>
<p>But unfortunately, the answer is NO!</p>
<p>Uh, but apply anyway. Cornell students are usually much friendlier than this. (Touchy subject I guess.)</p>
<p>Thanks nekkensj. This did have me worried. The “absurd” comment seemed harsh.</p>
<p>I suppose it is a touchy subject. Just look back at the last thread regarding Cornell’s SUNY affiliation.</p>
<p>next time I’ll lie and say it’s not an absurd question…</p>
<p>the topic has been so exhausted that it’s annoying; it’s even pinned to the top of the message board.</p>
<p>I don’t even think being a SUNY “legacy” will help you at a real SUNY school.</p>
<p>Momo2Teens- You are absolutely right. They make it clear on the SUNY applications, that Legacy at SUNY is not taken into consideration.<br>
AMAZON- just concentrate on crafting the best application you can. They seem to like leadership-peer counseling-model UN. Just be yourself. I can’t emphasis enough how important the ILR admission tour was. The day my d took the ILR tour there were only 3 kids. Same day at the Human Ec tour, there were about 30 kids. The ILR tour was like having a private meeting with the Admin counselor. Good luck.</p>
<p>lol don’t worry amazon. Cornell has extremely friendly posters, it is just that in the past week this has come up like 10 times. It gets extremely annoying after a while, but don’t worry…much love from us Cornell board posters. Best of luck</p>
<p>ps my ILR info session had one other person on it (someone just admitted from the waitlist…I was excited for her). It is extremely useful, and I unfortunately didn’t get to go on it until after I had gone through the admissions process (since it is about 5 1/2 hours away from my home).</p>
<p>I’m going to really try to get there this summer. Unfortunately, I am kind of shy but I will try to ask intelligent questions. Thanks.</p>
<p>Just remember that noone knows you (well except for your parents) so you can act outgoing if you’de like, or be shy in a constructive enough way that you are listening and asking questions when you think of them.</p>
<p>Suggestions : Campus is very nice when it’s warm out…I went when it was spring and everything was blooming and it was amazing. Also don’t go during a stressful time like midterms. I went the week break before finals and everyone seemed happy enough.</p>
<p>Isn’t the whole point of legacy the promotion of alumni donation? Since alumni donation plays a much larger role in private schools’ money pool than it does in that of state schools’, giving legacy children advantage is logical for Ivy League and other private institutions whereas it is unnnecessary for state schools.</p>