Common Data Set · Section C7
Of the 143 colleges with Common Data Set filings in Trajecta's dataset, 0 rate legacy status very important in their admissions decisions, 1 rate it important, 66 considered, and 75 say it is not considered — as self-reported in each school's CDS section C7 ("Alumni/ae relation").
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Alumni/ae relation is the Common Data Set term for legacy status: having a parent, grandparent, or sibling who attended the school. The legacy preference has been shrinking — a growing list of colleges has dropped it entirely, and some states have restricted it by law — so the C7 grid is the quickest way to see who still considers it. "Not considered" means a family connection plays no role.
Princeton University#1
Stanford University#2
Harvard University#5
University of Chicago#6
Yale University#8
Vanderbilt University#10
University of Pennsylvania#11
Brown University#12
Williams College#13
Columbia University in the City of New York#14
Duke University#15
Cornell University#18
Bowdoin College#19
Claremont McKenna College#21
Dartmouth College#22
Northwestern University#23
Washington University in St Louis#24
University of Notre Dame#26
Wellesley College#27
Colby College#29
Swarthmore College#30
Washington and Lee University#32
Emory University#33
Georgetown University#38
University of Southern California#39
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill#41
Colgate University#43
Haverford College#44
Barnard College#47
Boston College#50
Hamilton College#51
Babson College#52
Middlebury College#53
Tufts University#55
Bates College#57
Grinnell College#60
Wake Forest University#65
Lehigh University#66
William & Mary#69
Smith College#70
Villanova University#76
University of Richmond#79
College of the Holy Cross#82
Vassar College#83
Stony Brook University#85
Santa Clara University#89
University of Rochester#90
George Washington University#91
Colorado College#96
Tulane University of Louisiana#97
Clemson University#103
Brandeis University#110
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute#117
Southern Methodist University#131
Texas Christian University#134
Denison University#147
Fordham University#156
Baylor University#199
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus#207
Drexel University#208
Howard University#289
The University of Alabama#339
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University#345
Temple University#513
United States Air Force Academy
United States Naval Academy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology#3
California Institute of Technology#4
Rice University#7
Johns Hopkins University#9
University of California-Berkeley#16
University of California-Los Angeles#17
Pomona College#20
Amherst College#25
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus#28
University of Virginia-Main Campus#34
Davidson College#35
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor#36
Carnegie Mellon University#37
University of Florida#40
Harvey Mudd College#42
University of California-San Diego#45
Northeastern University#46
Boston University#48
University of California-Irvine#49
New York University#54
Wesleyan University#58
University of Maryland-College Park#59
Carleton College#61
The University of Texas at Austin#62
University of California-Davis#64
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign#67
University of California-Santa Barbara#71
University of Washington-Seattle Campus#73
University of Wisconsin-Madison#74
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo#75
Florida State University#77
University of Miami#78
University of Georgia#81
Brigham Young University#84
Purdue University-Main Campus#86
Binghamton University#88
Case Western Reserve University#94
Texas A&M University-College Station#105
Rutgers University-New Brunswick#106
Skidmore College#108
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University#109
University of Connecticut#114
San Diego State University#118
Ohio State University-Main Campus#120
University of Central Florida#125
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities#133
University of Massachusetts-Amherst#135
Syracuse University#138
Loyola Marymount University#144
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville#145
University of Delaware#157
University of Maryland-Baltimore County#158
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus#164
Indiana University-Bloomington#170
University of California-Riverside#174
American University#181
University of California-Santa Cruz#183
University of Colorado Boulder#185
University of South Carolina-Columbia#187
Michigan State University#193
University of Houston#201
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus#211
University of Missouri-Columbia#227
Pepperdine University#229
San Jose State University#234
University of California-Merced#264
University of Arizona#269
University of Iowa#270
University of Oregon#304
Towson University#328
University of Kansas#329
Texas Tech University#336
University of Kentucky#371
Arizona State University Campus Immersion#380
United States Military Academy1 college in the dataset did not report this factor in their CDS filing.
A preference some colleges give applicants whose parents (sometimes grandparents or siblings) attended the school — listed on the Common Data Set as "alumni/ae relation". Where it exists it is a tip factor among qualified applicants, not a guarantee.
The "not considered" list on this page is the current answer from each school’s own Common Data Set filing. The list has grown steadily as colleges have abandoned the preference and several states have restricted it by law.
Of the 143 colleges with Common Data Set filings in Trajecta's dataset, 0 rate legacy status very important in admissions, 1 rate it important, 66 considered, and 75 say it is not considered.
Ratings are self-reported by each college in its Common Data Set, section C7. Every school links to its full data page. Explore the college rankings →
