Hi!
I know that in past years some schools have notified legacy or siblings early in the event of a rejection or waitlist. the thread I found with this info was a couple years old so I was wondering if anyone has experience from recent years.
Yes, we got personal calls and outreach from the schools where the kids were place on the wait list instead of rejected.
@stanford94 can I ask (or can you pm me) which school this was? Thanks!
Last year, that happened to us when I was waitlisted from my sisters’ alma mater. They called my mother the night before.
An office colleague is a Hotchkiss alum. He told me that he was given a courtesy call a few years ago on M9 to tell him that son would be waitlisted. They also gave him some feedback on why the child wasn’t accepted. It was all constructive.
Many schools notify legacy families the day before, regardless of outcome (good or bad). My kids also got calls from several schools the night before M10 with “expect good news tomorrow” messages.
All our kids were accepted to the same school and we were notified on March 10th
DS1 applied as a legacy to Mom’s school four years ago. DD applied to the BS where DS1 was a senior last year. Both decisions ended up being admits and in neither case did we receive any advance notice. DS2 applied to DS1’s BS this admit cycle - I will not be thinking no news is good news, just have to wait it out till we hear something official.
@RedSoxFan18 – 3 kids in BS. Or is it 2 kids in BS and 1 in college. That has got to hurt
@laenen - Not too bad today but plenty of pain down the road. DS1 graduated from Andover last year and is now a freshman at Penn - no FA. DD actually turned down Andover (~$30K in FA) and Milton(~20K in FA) and opted to stay at the LPS. DS2 is in 8th grade.
Future pain:
Starting Fall of '16 for Three years - 1 in College, 1 in BS
Year after that - 2 in college, 1 in BS
3 years after that - 2 in College
1 year after that - 1 in College
This is what kills me when a BS calls and says will you consider FP? The fact is technically I could choose be FP but not without putting DD and DS2 college funds at risk. The only bright note is that Penn has said that if another child enters a tuition paying institution I may get some modest aid.
@RedSoxFan18 But you have THREE great kids, and some day will end up a little less rich but a lot happier grandma! 
How did your DD make her decision to stay back at LPS? From revisits?
@panpacific - There is a whole thread I started about DDs process. Short version is initially I was worried it was a recent boyfriend and a bad revisit day. In reality DD was interested in having an option to the LPS, Sge did not enter the BS process with goal of leaving the LPS. If you are really curious you can check out:
I see (and sorry for mixing up your gender in the earlier post. What was I thinking?:() At that age in particular, your daughter sounds like a very strong minded young lady. I had a neighbor whose two daughters chose to attend different high schools (one to LPS and the other to a small private school) and both ended up in Penn. The one who graduated from LPS has maintained her momentum and is doing very well in her career. The other being somewhat laid back as she has always been for now is settling down as a house wife with three kids. Nothing wrong with either but suffice it to say schooling is not always a reliable indicator for future career success.
@panpacific , thanks for including “career” in “future career success.” It is appreciated! 
RedSoxFan18, thank you for sharing the link. My DS is either getting cold feet or just putting up a defense mechanism in case he gets all rejections/WL decisions but recently has said he is having second thoughts about BS. I also noticed there is a new girl texting him regularly and wonder if his attitude isn’t related to this new girl. Some advice on the thread you posted will come in handy in having the discussion with him in a couple of days should he be lucky enough to have an acceptance.
^wonder if his attitude isn’t related to this new girl.
I would just ask tactfully. If you don’t get an answer, at least it will make him to think about it.
I have two kids in private colleges and one in BS. That is why we applied for FA…
Just as a point of reference.
We received the courtesy call from PEA admissions the night before decisions came out that DS was waitlisted. He was/ is a legacy as his mother attended. We heard the reasoning and DS chose to re-address this via an essay and other avenues since we did not want to give up without a fight. We assumed the chance was 0 of getting of the waitlist and made plans to attend LPS.
4 weeks later he did indeed receive and offer of admission an he will graduate this year.
The odds are most likely very small, but depending on the reasoning, there is no reason not to keep trying.
Yes, we received an early WL notification for S2 from S1’s school. We weren’t surprised. I noticed a week AFTER he sent in the application to S1’s school that he wrote in his essay that he was looking forward to continuing his passion for X at <>.
8-|
Is this the Kalashnikov Kitty I keep hearing about?? @GMTplus7