Anonymous
Post 11/12/2025 12:53     Subject: any insight into secondary legacy at any top colleges
Northwestern seems to have a clear sibling preference.
Anonymous
Post 11/12/2025 12:47     Subject: any insight into secondary legacy at any top colleges
Best way to figure this out (besides asking or googling bc a lot of admissions office post this info in blogs, interviews etc) is to look at what questions they add on the common app.
Anonymous
Post 11/11/2025 22:35     Subject: any insight into secondary legacy at any top colleges
If I remember correctly Yale asks about grandparents. So if they ask, they must care.
Anonymous
Post 11/11/2025 20:13     Subject: any insight into secondary legacy at any top colleges
IMO sibling worth more than grandparent unless grandparent big donor.
Anonymous
Post 11/11/2025 19:15     Subject: any insight into secondary legacy at any top colleges
Anonymous wrote:Penn considers a kid legacy of grandparents attended. I've heard that Princeton gives preference to siblings. Not what you are asking, but Georgetown considers a student legacy if their parent went to Georgetown law.


Penn considers applicants whose parents who attended grad schools there legacies.
Anonymous
Post 11/11/2025 18:38     Subject: any insight into secondary legacy at any top colleges
If the grandparents gave a building, then, yes. It didn't help us because no one had given us big bucks.
Anonymous
Post 11/11/2025 18:28     Subject: Re:any insight into secondary legacy at any top colleges
Cornell alumni parents and grandparents from all parts of the university are counted as legacy -- but Cornell has said publicly that legacy only helps in the ED round.
Anonymous
Post 11/11/2025 17:39     Subject: any insight into secondary legacy at any top colleges
Penn considers a kid legacy of grandparents attended. I've heard that Princeton gives preference to siblings. Not what you are asking, but Georgetown considers a student legacy if their parent went to Georgetown law.
Anonymous
Post 11/11/2025 08:03     Subject: any insight into secondary legacy at any top colleges
I think Princeton gives a tip to siblings of current students. I know a lot of siblings there.
Anonymous
Post 11/11/2025 07:56     Subject: any insight into secondary legacy at any top colleges
sibling, grandparent, etc?

do HYP etc care about any of these? does one care about this more than others?