<p>Does the fact that my sister currently attends ND, carry any weight in the admissions process?</p>
<p>And if anyone has had a similar experience, I would love your insight!</p>
<p>Well Notre Dame wants 25% of their incoming class to be a legacy!</p>
<p>I believe being a Legacy refers to one’s parent(s) having attended, not a sibling.</p>
<p>Legacy is only if your parents attended. Last year a girl in my son’s class had a sister attending nd for her masters. She called admissions and asked if this counted as legacy and was told that legacy classification applied only to parents (not even grandparents) although I would not hesitate to mention that you have a sibling currently attending.</p>
<p>Yeah guys I did the research. I’ve known I’m not a legacy for a long time. Anyone want to answer my question?</p>
<p>Then the answer is no. ND gives special consideration to Legacy only. So to answer your question No the fact that your sister attends will not give you special consideration(weight in admissions process). Legacy candidates are guaranteed two readers plus the director of admissions (Dan Saracino) has the final say in applications. Everyone else gets 1 or 2 readers and that is it.</p>
<p>I should rephrase, how much weight does it carry? Because it is taken into consideration, according to an admissions rep. Of course, they cannot tell me the extent to which it is considered.</p>
<p>If they know you have a sibling attending, I think it will get a little bit of extra attention. How much extra attention is up for debate, but another look yes. If your stats are within their range, I think that small amount of extra attention will help.</p>
<p>Thank you North2South. My SAT is on target; however, my GPA is lacking. I really love ND, and I really want to attend.</p>
<p>The only thing it will hold weight in is the room assignment process. If your same-sex sibling currently goes to ND and lives in a dorm, you can request to be in their dorm or not in their dorm.</p>