<p>Anybody have any info or guesses? Any anecdotal evidence? thanks</p>
<p>bumpity bump</p>
<p>Well, the one person I know who goes to Exeter had a sister there before him, and he got in! 1/1, that's 100%!!! ;-)</p>
<p>I know of a family at Exeter where all three sisters got in! Could be that they're all well-rounded/athletic/perfect for Exeter, ooor could be that the sibling thing helped. Who knows.</p>
<p>I'm sure it helped but they were probably all crazy smart and crazy well-rounded as well</p>
<p>You'd need to exclude cases in which all the siblings are legacies.</p>
<p>why? do you think legacy is stronger than sibling for some reason?</p>
<p>Yes, because your siblings (most likely) haven't donated money to the school.</p>
<p>I assumed that, in our family's case, younger sibling shouldn't even bother applying to the same as older sibling since they're both FA cases! I certainly couldn't ask the same school to pay for two of my kids.</p>
<p>Why not? I bet a fair amount of families do that. The people controlling the funds aren't going to take it personally. In fact, you would probably end up getting even more financial aid because there is usually a sibling discount. I'm not sure if this applies to financial aid families, but it may well.</p>
<p>If two sibs are equally qualified and worthy of aid, aren't they handled like any other two unrelated individual candidates?</p>
<p>They don't want to go to the same school anyway so I guess it's a moot point. It's not that they don't both like the same types of schools, they just don't want to be at the same school. :( It would probably be good for them anyway. They are very close in age and could use a break from the comparisons (currently in the same grade). I'm OK with it as long as they aren't in total opposite directions.</p>
<p>where is gemmav when we need her?</p>
<p>I am here. Can I help you?</p>
<p>Yes, the question is which has more pull, a legacy or a sibling? Thanks for all you add to this forum. It is great to have somebody that actually knows what goes on! My personal observation is that i know more sibs admitted than I do legacies. a small sample admittedly.</p>
<p>neatoburrito:</p>
<p>my cousins both went to exeter, and their family was extremely poor at the time. The two of them went on FULL financial aid.</p>
<p>I believe I responded to the same topic in another thread. Let's recap:</p>
<p>1) Private DAY schools, especially K-12 ones, care much more about siblings than traditional boarding schools. </p>
<p>2) The most competitive boarding schools can fill their ENTIRE entering class with JUST younger siblings. But they don't. Why not? Because that would be (a) very boring and (b) very unfair to those applicants who are OLDEST children and ONLY children. Every once in a while, a parent will call me to ask, "Why didn't Jack get admitted? His sister Jill is there!" And I <em>want</em> to say to that parent (but I don't), "If we gave siblings preferential treatment, <em>Jill</em> wouldn't have been admitted."</p>
<p>3) Schools know that every child--even in the same family--is different. What's right for one child is not necessarily right for the other child. I think every parent of multiple children can understand this. You can see the differences even when they are very young. My nephew is very methodical and deliberate. He walked late (17 mos.) and is very cautious around new people and in new places. He can entertain himself for hours, just doing his own thing. My niece, on the other hand, is a WILD CHILD. She walked at 10 mos. old and started running (FAST!) at a year. She dove into a pool when she was a year and a half--the kid is positively fearless. Their father (my brother) and I have a lot in common--we like the same kind of music, the same movies, the same types of foods. We were both very good students in high school. But he went to a large state university (and loved it!) and I went to a medium-sized, highly selective, private college. We both loved our very different college experiences. </p>
<p>4) Legacy=being the child or grandchild of an alumnus/alumna. Legacy applicants are given every consideration but still need to be qualified to be admitted. </p>
<p>Being a sibling of a current or former student gives you NO additional leg up at the most competitive boarding schools when they are deciding whether to admit you or not. However, if you are admitted, those schools will predict (and rightfully so) that you are easier to YIELD given your family's established connection with the school.</p>
<p>so legacy>sibling connection. thanks</p>
<p>catg, are you trying to say I am long-winded? ;)</p>