<p>My brother (class of 2012) is planning on applying ED to Cornell.</p>
<p>I'm a sophomore at Cornell. </p>
<p>I'm just wondering if me attending will help his chances of admission?</p>
<p>PS: Will it make a difference to his chances if I'm in Cornell Tradition & have a solid GPA (aka showing potential for him to contribute too)?</p>
<p>Your brother is not a legacy unless your parents/grandparents/great-grandparents went to Cornell. No help with you being there.</p>
<p>Probably doesn’t help much. If you can find a way to list it – definitely won’t hurt.</p>
<p>I don’t think it is really true. Having a sibling at Cornell means an applicant is applying to Cornell with insider information, it’s not a “why-not” application. More often than not, parents would donate more when there is a stronger tie.</p>
<p>I would encourage you to host your brother at Cornell, introduce him to your favorite professor(s), let him sit in at some classes he would be interested in. When he writes his essay about Cornell, he could incorporate many of those things into it. </p>
<p>In the section where an applicant lists sibling information, adcom would see he has a sibling at Cornell.</p>
<p>Again, for any “hook” to mean anything, ED is the way to go to show love.</p>
<p>Oldfort has put it perfectly: Applying with inside knowledge that can be used to strengthen the application.</p>
<p>(Thrilled to say that as of tomorow, I will be the mom of TWO Cornellians.)</p>
<p>Congratulations. Hope the move goes well for you.</p>
<p>That’s fabulous!! Congratulations, cnp!</p>
<p>Wooo Hooooo – Go cnp and "cnp"lings!!!</p>
<p>So – to recap … sibling legacy does apparently help a little bit. Although not a lot.
In addition to sibling legacy, both boys had a recommendation from a high profile alum and donor who was on lunching terms with upper administration.</p>
<p>S2 had better grades and scores than S1 (acceptable stats, mid range of admitted)
S1 had an athletic hook (stats within range, but on the low end)
S1 got a likely letter and was admitted ED. He graduated on time and got a great job.
S2 applied ED, ended up waitlisted for RD and offered a GT which he is now exercising, entering as a soph transfer.</p>
<p>In the end, I don’t really care how they get in (except that in the case of S2 it does seem like it took a lot of blood, sweat, and tears. Plus a year in Boston.)</p>
<p>One is graduated and launched, the other is about to begin the awesome Cornell experience. He is benefiting from his brother’s years on the hill in terms of knowing the campus, the profs, and the coursework.</p>
Not statistically significant but a relative had 2 sons get into Yale.
Second one did not apply ED but got an early acceptance anyways.
The early acceptance and statistically chance of having 2 kids get into such
a school makes it very unlikely the sibling connection was not a factor.
Maybe Cornell is different.
@blevine, this thread is 4 years old.