Do siblings help?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>I wanted to know how much of a factor are siblings in the admission process. Both of my brothers graduated from Yale. Will that help? Do siblings help? If they do, will two siblings help more than one? </p>

<p>Also, i am an international applicant. (if that makes any difference)</p>

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<p>It wont hurt.</p>

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<p>can any1 be more specific?</p>

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<p>it wont hurt....</p>

<p>LOL . sorry i cant be more specific.</p>

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<p>They won't take you just because your brothers graduated from Yale. However, if you have good grades, recommendations, etc., and your application is in the "maybe" pile, that could be the factor that pushes it over to the "accept" pile. You just have to already be in Yale's candidate range before it can help you.</p>

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<p>Somewhere else on the Yale board, there is a thread about what counts as a legacy and there was a discussion about siblings. If I remember correctly, siblings do not give you legacy status. However, it might give you the slightest possible tip b/c you are more likely to be making an educated application (really understanding what Yale is about) and more likely to accept (thereby helping Yale's yield number) if there is an offer of admission. Again, I think it's a teensiest tip out there, but I think they will consider it.</p>

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<p>i would guess its rather irrelevant unless you have one of those families where everybody goes to yale...and in that case, it'd be more a wide-ranging legacy than a sibling thing..</p>

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<p>My dad went to Yale and got his Masters in Public Health there---but I was still Deferred...and I'm "Hispanic" But i guess that would make me a legacy....</p>

<p>lol my mom's german (dad's puerto rican) and i have blond hair blue eyes and am white as could be. go figure.</p>

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<p>Hmmm...I really want to go to Yale, but my older sibling was not accepted when applied a few years ago. Does that hurt my chances?</p>

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<p>it definitley does, provided ur sibling is doing well, my friend applied to tufts and his brother was in the top ten percent of his class at tufts currently and he got in, but my friend was a little below tufts standards</p>

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<p>hmm. actually, my alum interviewer told me that it is almost DISadvantageous to have siblings already at yale (though i guess your brothers already graduated, so it's different). yale especially makes no effort to keep twins together - the thinking behind this apparently is to keep up the breadth of the student body. i'm sure things are different if you are a legacy though. it helps that you're internat'l</p>

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<p>I think i ll get the answer in a bit over 7 days..... and cban17 yes my brothers have graduated.... I m hoping they want one more of us!</p>