Does having legacy at a business school help a lot (say as much as it does in undergraduate)? Also, does it help if you have a nice family legacy at a university, but not within the business school?
theoretical examples:
Example one: say my brothers went to stanford GSP... that would help my admissions prospects there, correct?
example two: say my dad went to Harvard for med school, my uncle went for undergrad and my grandfather also went for undergrad... none went to HBS. Will this help me with an HBS application?
Also - what about connections and recs from key people at the university.
example: a family friend is a professor at UPenn and writes me a rec for Wharton.. the professor is in the Law school.
Any insights you guys have would be great
From what I've learned, not a lot, but what it can do is give you an edge in the "why HBS/Wharton/wherever?" part in the essays/interviews, some schools like Stern for example, (this is from what I've gathered, so take it with a grain of salt) are very picky with their applicants and oftentimes lose them to other schools, so they need to know that you are really interested in going there, and that's where your legacies/connections come in.
Not sure about the schools you've listed though.
Don't be fooled by the "fair play" crowd.
It is WHO YOU KNOW or WHO YOU BLOW.
Period.
from what i understand legacies for business school don't matter, unless
1) your relative/contact donated a shit ton to the school - do you think HBS really cares your father, sister, grandfather, etc went there unless they donated a building?
2) they work at the school and can push your application out of the "pack" - i.e. your application already meets the GMAT, GPA, work experience criteria, but maybe it doesnt shine, they make sure it gets read and hopefully can help you get in
just my 2 cents
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