# Quick Question, Topic: Universities

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-topic-universities/195948>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [August 4, 2006, 5:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-topic-universities/195948 "2006-08-04T05:11:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vexir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a183cd/32.png) [@Vexir](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Vexir)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 5:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-topic-universities/195948/1 "2006-08-04T05:11:23Z")

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Does knowing people who attend certain universities help your chances of admission if you secure a recommendation from them?

I know two Stanford PHD’s personally (dad’s colleagues) who are about to complete their PHDs… and my best friend’s dad is a Stanford professor…