<p>D attending this fall as an incoming freshman. Son will apply in 3 years when she is a senior at UMich. Will having his sister in attendance help his chances of admission?</p>
<p>I don’t know how much it will help, but it certainly can’t hurt. I’ll be a ‘fourth year junior’ in the fall, and my younger sibling will be a freshman.</p>
<p>I thought it would hurt chances more than help.</p>
<p>^why would it?</p>
<p>i heard it helps just a little bit, but definitely not as much as a parent or something</p>
<p>Sibling is considered legacy, so it helps, but not like it would at some private universities.</p>
<p>I believe it helps for financial aid. I have a friend who recieved a very large scholarship, reducing his in-state tuition to almost nothing. His sibling is currently at U of M, and didn’t recieve much/any aid. Their stats are not much different. If your family is already paying tuition for one of its children, U of M gives aid so that the other can attend.</p>
<p>Back when Umich used to use a point system, having a sibling attend gave you 1 point out of the more than 100 needed to get in. Having a parent attend gave you 4. The sibling did not have to still be attending. They don’t still use a point system, but I imagine they still place the same weight on legacies.</p>
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We did not find that to be true at all.</p>
<p>Yeah, sorry, I shouldn’t have generalized based on just one case.</p>
<p>anonymous, ur still halfway right, although 3bm is right too. Probably the reason why the second kid got some good financial aid was because the university takes into account whether or not other siblings are attending college (any college), so they will give additional support to the second kid. However, it would be the same if the sibling went to michigan or any other college.</p>