<p>I'm about to apply for Caltech, my number one choice school. </p>
<p>However, in terms of academics and scores, I'd say I'm below average. But my brother has already been accepted. For Caltech admission does this help a lot like in other schools, or Caltech very ignorant of everything but stats and grades?</p>
<p>To the admission office, every quota is very expensive, I do not think having a sibling currently studying in CalTech would help a lot. On the other hand, I think consulting more about the application with your brother would be very important. The other advantage you might have is your personality. If you have similiar personality with your brother, I imagine you are pretty much on the right track.</p>
<p>Good luck =)</p>
<p>I know two brothers who went one for two (the first was admitted and attended, second wasn't accepted).</p>
<p>hm, I dunno if (or how much) it helped, but my older brother went to Caltech about 8 years before I applied - when I was waitlisted, I wrote a letter to Caltech about how my brother had spurred my interest there in the first place, dropping a couple lines about his founding/restarting role in the undergraduate research journal there...and apparently, it didn't hurt, 'cos I got a call offering me admission within the first week of May. =)</p>