<p>Not sure if anyone really knows this question, but I was just curious: Would colleges count that against a sibling if their older sibling turned down a particular school? Would they even remember it? (If it's an unusual situation such as an uncommon name or a particularly stand out student)</p>
<p>Hope my question makes sense. </p>
<p>No, they would not and do not. </p>
<p>Agreed. Even if they noticed, which would probably only happen at smaller schools, they aren’t going to assume you are anything like your sibling. That would be ridiculous and counterproductive for them.</p>
<p>Ok, thanks for responding.</p>
<p>I wondered about this since this fall DD applied to a university DS had “rejected” only a year before. The answer was that she was accepted EA just as he was. My gut tells me that Admissions people see each new year as a fresh start. I do understand legacies, siblings, etc., but I don’t have the sense that there is retaliation behavior going on because one sib elected NOT to attend that school. </p>
<p>@laplatinum - Yes, not only would that be petty beyond comprehension, but I really am not sure most admissions people can really remember such a huge number of names and locations. I suppose if the last name were unique enough, they might. But for most schools, I think they probably do, as you say, a kind of “reset” which more or less clears out their brains of the students who said thanks, but no thanks. They would remember even less the ones they denied.</p>
<p>No, my D applied to a small LAC that my S turned down and she was accepted (she didn’t go there either but that is beside the point).</p>
<p>Now that I think about it, there was a CC poster that I became friendly with the year my D was applying, and they (my D and her D) both applied to Tulane and WUSTL. My D is my youngest, for my friend it was her first of 3 she had in 4 years. They both got in both schools, my D going to Tulane and her’s going to WUSTL. Then her 2nd applied to Tulane the next year, got in, also didn’t go. Her last applied 2 years after that, got in, went to yet a 3rd school that wasn’t Tulane, lol. Now to be complete, all these kids had Ivy level stats. The interesting thing is none of them chose an Ivy. To some degree it was preference, and to some degree it was the full tuition or full ride scholarships they got to excellent schools. </p>
<p>This is a relief. I know it may sound silly, but there were schools that invested a lot of money in wooing my oldest son, so I just wondered. At two schools in particular, I met a lot of the admissions folks and other people in certain programs, and my second son may apply to at least one of those schools. Very good to know it won’t matter a bit that my oldest chose to go elsewhere.</p>
<p>Agree. There are plenty of other things to worry about. This isn’t one of them. </p>
<p>I doubt it. D1 turned down an LAC, when D2 applied a few years later she was accepted with a very large merit scholarship. Unusual last name, too. </p>
<p>I agree with all of the above, except I think a school might remember if a kid did something particularly annoying or bad, like breaking the ED agreement, maybe.</p>
<p>^ Possibly but I think in that case it would have to be egregious to have the school staff remember.</p>