What do you call it when you go to the same university as your parents?

What is a legacy? In college admissions, a "legacy" student is defined as someone whose parents attended and/or graduated from the institution to which the student is applying. Therefore, if one or more of your parents graduated from Harvard and you are applying to Harvard, you are considered a legacy applicant.

How do colleges know if you're a legacy?

A college applicant is said to have legacy status at a college if a member of the applicant's immediate family attends or attends the college. In other words, if your parents or a sibling attended or attended a college, you would be a legacy applicant for that college.

Do aunts and uncles count as inheritance?

A legacy is someone related to a former student at a school, usually a child of a graduate. More distant relations (such as aunts, uncles and cousins) rarely count. Basically, if one or both of your parents graduated from a school, it would be considered a legacy there.

Are cousins considered legacies?

Any other family members are considered secondary legacies, such as grandparents, siblings, cousins, aunts, etc. You might get a small boost from a secondary legacy, but it really depends on the school's policy, as @CameronBameron said (especially since some schools "don't even consider legacies").

Does a sibling count as a legacy?

A college applicant is said to have legacy status at a college if a member of the applicant's immediate family attends or attends the college. In other words, if your parents or a sibling attended or attended a college, you would be a legacy applicant for that college. So yes, your siblings will be considered legacy.

Is a sibling considered a legacy?

Legacy refers to a student whose family member attended a college or university. Some schools only consider parents when assessing the status of the legacy, while others consider grandparents or siblings.

A study at Harvard finds that 43 percent of white students are athletes, related to donors or staff. According to the study, the number drops dramatically for black, Latino and Asian American students, with less than 16 percent each in those categories.

16.3%