does harvard care about grandparent legacy?

[Anonymous]

is there a way to gauge how much it matters?

I know you can list it - they have a drop down other schools kid is applying to dont.

[Anonymous]

no

[Anonymous]

they def ask about it. so I can't believe it matters much, but has to matter some.

they dont ask if parents went to Harvard for grad school, only undergrad

[Anonymous]

I think it is more like a topper. My DS had great stats, and as valedictorian, did one extraordinary thing, and both his grandparents and great uncle attended Harvard. No big monetary commitment. Maybe DS would have gotten in without mentioning that link on the application. Who knows. Bit probably didn’t hurt to add it on top of DS application.

[Anonymous]

If grandparent went to Harvard (with minimal involvement) and it came down to your kid being exactly "equal" to another kid without that, it might make the difference. But generally unlikely to matter much.

Interesting that there is no option to list grad school legacies. Is this true for other schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Interesting that there is no option to list grad school legacies. Is this true for other schools?

It’s common for undergrad to be considered for legacy status but not grad school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Interesting that there is no option to list grad school legacies. Is this true for other schools?

It’s common for undergrad to be considered for legacy status but not grad school.

that's true although grandparent legacy is unusual so you'd think they might care..

[Anonymous]

I remember listing various fairly distant cousins when I applied to an Ivy many years ago - one was at the school at the time. It likely had zero impact as I think combined they had given $0 but I did get in (but didn't attend).

[Anonymous]

No. DS included that his grandfather was an alum as a side note in his app last year. He recently reviewed his admissions file and there was no record of any legacy.

[Anonymous]

It matters if grandpa is Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates. Application can then be put in Fitzsimmons's 'Dean Interest list'
For those less than fully qualified, there is the Harvard Z-List. Especially now, Harvard would not let a good major donor candidate go to waste.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It matters if grandpa is Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates. Application can then be put in Fitzsimmons's 'Dean Interest list'
For those less than fully qualified, there is the Harvard Z-List. Especially now, Harvard would not let a good major donor candidate go to waste.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It matters if grandpa is Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates. Application can then be put in Fitzsimmons's 'Dean Interest list'
For those less than fully qualified, there is the Harvard Z-List. Especially now, Harvard would not let a good major donor candidate go to waste.

+1

Both of these are Harvard dropouts, so they don't consider those legacies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It matters if grandpa is Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates. Application can then be put in Fitzsimmons's 'Dean Interest list'
For those less than fully qualified, there is the Harvard Z-List. Especially now, Harvard would not let a good major donor candidate go to waste.

+1

Both of these are Harvard dropouts, so they don't consider those legacies.

Of course they are - especially because they dropouts to make their fortune

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Interesting that there is no option to list grad school legacies. Is this true for other schools?

It’s common for undergrad to be considered for legacy status but not grad school.

It’s been as high as 30% legacy admits, although it changes from year to year.

No sign of it going away, thankfully!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Interesting that there is no option to list grad school legacies. Is this true for other schools?

It’s common for undergrad to be considered for legacy status but not grad school.

It’s been as high as 30% legacy admits, although it changes from year to year.

No sign of it going away, thankfully!

That is quite a bit, I’d have thought about 10%. Why are you glad, does your kid some help?