<p>or is it just parents... just wondering.</p>
<p>Harvard says just parents, although it probably won't hurt that your brother went to H. I don't know about Columbia.</p>
<p>It isn't an official "legacy", but they do ask where you brothers/sisters are going to college, so they'll definitely see it.</p>
<p>I believe it would help (slightly).</p>
<p>If he did exceptionally well there, it might help you out a bit. My sister graduated with honors from UPenn and she thinks it might help me if I decide to apply there.</p>
<p>From Penn</p>
<p><a href="http://www.alumni.upenn.edu/aca/%5B/url%5D">http://www.alumni.upenn.edu/aca/</a></p>
<p>Click their FAQs</p>
<p>Children and grandchildren of all University of Pennsylvania degree recipients are considered legacies during the undergraduate admissions process.</p>
<p>From Columbia:</p>
<p>**Please note: you are only considered a legacy candidate if you are the child of an undergraduate alumnus/a of Columbia College or of The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. **</p>
<p>Any time one of your siblings is CURRENLTLY in the school you are applying to it is always a plus factor in admissions, but for schools like Harvard and Columbia, you will still need mostly A's, plenty of rigor, above average test scores, excellent references and a past track record of being a difference maker at your current school.</p>
<p>I just spoke with a Wake Forrest admissions counselor who talked about how they differentiate between a current sibling and a sibling who graduated; one gets a thumb on the scale and the other doesn't. Every school has an individualed policy, but all schools see the philosophy of keeping familes together as a good thing whenever possible.</p>
<p>Damn, my brother is graduating from Harvard one year before I apply...</p>
<p>He has done really well there though, he is a TA (even though he is an undergrad) for physics, and he won the John (?) Harvard award.</p>