Does grad school legacy count for anything?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Here’s an idea: CALL AND ASK

Geesh!! Who peed in your Cheerio’s?

Not the PP you’re quoting, but s/he has a valid point, somewhat rudely expressed. Why crowdsource a very specific inquiry like this when you could easily get an authoritative answer? It’s not a situation where you’re trying to game the system and don’t want to risk being outed or where you can’t trust the admissions office’s answer.

But how would you even ask that? “Uh, so my husband and I both went to your grad school, is that going to help my kid get in?”

“For purposes of undergrad admissions, how do you define legacies? Would that include applicants whose parents have grad (or Masters) degrees from Kellogg or Feinberg?” Why is that difficult or embarrassing? It’s a question about an admissions policy.

[Anonymous]

This is not information they give out lightly. My understanding is that grad school legacy may count for little at Northwestern, certainly less than for parents with a BA/BS from the school. The important thing to know about Northwestern is that legacy is rumored to be useful only in the ED round.

My high school senior also has double legacy from grad school but we expect it to be meaningless. She is not interested in applying ED and so will probably not apply at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is not information they give out lightly. My understanding is that grad school legacy may count for little at Northwestern, certainly less than for parents with a BA/BS from the school. The important thing to know about Northwestern is that legacy is rumored to be useful only in the ED round.

My high school senior also has double legacy from grad school but we expect it to be meaningless. She is not interested in applying ED and so will probably not apply at all.

Thanks for this. We are also double grad school alums. Weird that people in this thread are so credulous about what admissions would say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s an idea: CALL AND ASK

Geesh!! Who peed in your Cheerio’s?

Not the PP you’re quoting, but s/he has a valid point, somewhat rudely expressed. Why crowdsource a very specific inquiry like this when you could easily get an authoritative answer? It’s not a situation where you’re trying to game the system and don’t want to risk being outed or where you can’t trust the admissions office’s answer.

But how would you even ask that? “Uh, so my husband and I both went to your grad school, is that going to help my kid get in?”

Nothing wrong with that question. Every single alumni representative has that question on their FAQ because alumni ask it all the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s an idea: CALL AND ASK

Geesh!! Who peed in your Cheerio’s?

Not the PP you’re quoting, but s/he has a valid point, somewhat rudely expressed. Why crowdsource a very specific inquiry like this when you could easily get an authoritative answer? It’s not a situation where you’re trying to game the system and don’t want to risk being outed or where you can’t trust the admissions office’s answer.

But how would you even ask that? “Uh, so my husband and I both went to your grad school, is that going to help my kid get in?”

“For purposes of undergrad admissions, how do you define legacies? Would that include applicants whose parents have grad (or Masters) degrees from Kellogg or Feinberg?” Why is that difficult or embarrassing? It’s a question about an admissions policy.

OP here. Sure. But what I'm really wondering is...does it give the same "boost" as a UG legacy does? You can't really ask that...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not at my ivy and I was irritated. Admissions told me I really hadn’t graduated from the college but forgive my confusion given that I receive a deluge of fundraising emails from the undergrad college.

what ivy is that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s an idea: CALL AND ASK

Geesh!! Who peed in your Cheerio’s?

Not the PP you’re quoting, but s/he has a valid point, somewhat rudely expressed. Why crowdsource a very specific inquiry like this when you could easily get an authoritative answer? It’s not a situation where you’re trying to game the system and don’t want to risk being outed or where you can’t trust the admissions office’s answer.

But how would you even ask that? “Uh, so my husband and I both went to your grad school, is that going to help my kid get in?”

“For purposes of undergrad admissions, how do you define legacies? Would that include applicants whose parents have grad (or Masters) degrees from Kellogg or Feinberg?” Why is that difficult or embarrassing? It’s a question about an admissions policy.

OP here. Sure. But what I'm really wondering is...does it give the same "boost" as a UG legacy does? You can't really ask that...

UG legacy doesn’t give everybody the same boost. It’s all holistic and depends on who else is in the pool that year. It’s not a point system.

[Anonymous]

Hi early though if your kid is a hard working good student taking a challenging courseload he/she should get into Notthwestern no problem. Why would they need to be a legacy to get into Northwestern?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi early though if your kid is a hard working good student taking a challenging courseload he/she should get into Notthwestern no problem. Why would they need to be a legacy to get into Northwestern?

LOL. What you don't know about college admissions could fill Lake Michigan, my friend.

[Anonymous]

I don't know how these schools could count grad school as legacy.
The pool of legacy applicants would be massive.

[Anonymous]

Counts at Virginia. Puts child in on-state pool rather than out of state which is a big difference for an out of state kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Counts at Virginia. Puts child in on-state pool rather than out of state which is a big difference for an out of state kid.

Is there a link to this info?