Is there a sibling legacy at Brown? My brother is a current student, and I was wondering if that would increase my chances of getting in.
I personally think it does.
Although this article is 4 years old, I believe the legacy policies haven’t changed. According to Brown’s Dean of Admission:
“Having a parent who attended Brown comes into play when applicants ‘are essentially equivalent,’ in which case admission officers ‘will tilt toward the candidate whose parents attended the college,’ Miller said. Admission officers give ‘small’ consideration to grandparent legacy status and ‘ALMOST NO’ (caps mine) weight to sibling legacy cases, he added. But the University does not admit unqualified students on the basis of legacy status or any other criteria, Miller said. ‘We will never bring a student here we do not think will be successful,’ he said.”
http://www.browndailyherald.com/2014/04/14/students-question-use-legacy-admission/