<p>Hey, everyone!</p>
<p>I was wondering if having a brother that currently attends Cornell (3 years older) would help if you in the admissions process at all. Also, would it make a difference if I applied to the same school in Cornell that he is at right now (Hotel School)?</p>
<p>Thanks a lot!</p>
<p>You're not a legacy. Whether or not it helps you I'm not sure. If it does, it only helps if you apply early decision.</p>
<p>You're not considered legacy at all, but if you mention it and show how that factor put Cornell at the top of your college list, it might help you in the long run. Once again, mentioning this would only be really helpful if you were to apply early decision. It wouldn't make any difference where you applied. You should apply to the school that you are most qualified for and hold the greatest interest in.</p>
<p>You are not a Legacy.
But, It will help show why ur interested in Cornell...adcoms like to see genuinely interested candidates.</p>
<p>Actually, having a brother who currently attends does make you a legacy of sorts (though not by the traditional definition).</p>
<p>Having an older sybling who attends the school (and does well there) is perhaps the best kind of legacy, because it shows that someone of your blood can succeed at Cornell's level of work. A parent attended the school many years ago, and many things have changed. </p>
<p>In short, it should help your application tremendously.</p>
<p>"because it shows that someone of your blood can succeed at Cornell's level of work."</p>
<p>Just so you know this is amazingly far from the truth. My brother and I are COMPLETELY different - intelligence, commitment, and all. (I don't like him very much lol).</p>
<p>I thinking having a brother in Cornell can only help your chances. Although I know two people, one with a brother and one with a sister in Cornell, one got rejected and the other got accepted.</p>
<p>Do you actually want to go into Hotel Administration, though? If it's obvious in your ECs/essays/what-have-you that you're leaning towards some other major, that's going to be a significant hint to the adcoms that you're just using your semi-legacy to get you in.</p>
<p>Both of my brothers attended Cornell (the first did extremely well, the second not as well) and I applied to the same school they did (Engineering), but I don't think they really did anything for my acceptance. feel free to speculate though :P</p>
<p>I went to Cornell a long time ago, but back then it didn't seem to help much. My younger brother applied ED and didn't get in, and neither did my roommate's. </p>
<p>And it's not as though they weren't qualified students; my brother ended up at Northwestern, and hers ended up at Penn.</p>
<p>Figgy, of course this is not ALWAYS the case, but what I stated is true. That is what it shows, whether or not it is true of yourself.</p>
<p>while what AJKates said may (or may not) be true, you will be judged on your own accomplishments, not your brother's. Legacy status is sort of like doing a favor for the parent of the applicant. your association with your brother may be favorable in the eyes of the admissions committee, but the quality of your application will confirm or disconfirm that theory, rather than be compensated for by your association with him.</p>
<p>Thanks, everyone!</p>
<p>i called the admissions office a while back to ask if the fact that my aunt graduated from cornell and one of my cousins was attending would help at all. i was told no, and that it only really helps if it's a parent or grandparent.</p>