<p>Sorry for the confused heading...couldn't edit that...should read through before posting!</p>
<p>Junior S has on his list a college whose acceptance Senior D will likely turn down. Would that have any impact on S's chances?</p>
<p>That seems extremely unlikely. I can't even imagine a scenario where it would. They're looking at the applicant in front of them, and wouldn't even have that information on hand.</p>
<p>How would they even know?</p>
<p>Some colleges ask if relatives have attended or been accepted. I'm sure some colleges will track this, but I don't think it will make a significant difference in the end.</p>
<p>My son applied to and was accepted (and turned down) at a college that his sister had been accepted to and turned down. Daughter is attending a college, her brother applied, was accepted and he turned it down. We'll see what happens with my next son. Wouldn't be suprised if he applied to both of these colleges.</p>
<p>Although I'm going to come down on the side of "I don't think it will matter" I do want to raise one cautionary note. At small LAC's you are likely to have the exact same adcom. There is only one per territory. I can pretty much guarantee that she/he will remember a sister and then a brother with the same last name from the same high school from one year to the very next.</p>
<p>D made it a practice to contact each school she declined to let them know that they were seriously considered and that she felt badly turning them down. She wished them well and told them they were helpful and knowledegable in some way that helped her with the process. She also mentioned that she had recommended the school highly to several local students. (She did really bond with several of her adcoms and all of her schools and felt it was appropriate to do this. Some were very difficult to write.)</p>
<p>Good manners could go a long way.</p>
<p>We are going through this now with D2. One of her top 3 is a college her sister turned down. The question on the Common App is to list your siblings and where they are attending not where they were accepted. So I would come down as well on the "it doesn't matter" side. What is missing is the lack of a legacy.</p>
<p>Son #2 (kiddo #4) applied to several schools last year his sis (1 year ahead) had applied to, been accepted and turned down and all 3 (shook us up a little bit) remembered her very clearly, and asked about her specifically to son during phone calls/meetings with adcoms. Threw him for a loop, he did his best and it worked out ok. He was accepted to all 3 (one is an ivy) but it did change our view of who they remember.</p>
<p>Older sib ran into the same thing, so we should have known better. I too would have intially had said it doesn't make a difference, but after last year and it being specifically brought up (sister's name specified) we have re-thought our take on it. </p>
<p>Older son looking at med school's locally has also run into a few people (profs/admissions) who refer to his younger brother's participation and research at their respective institutions. I don't think they follow it formally but they do remember.</p>
<p>Kat</p>
<p>Thank you all for your thoughts... it seems anything is possible...but at least with katwkittens experience, it didn't negatively impact S's chances.</p>
<p>On RD, our eldest turned down the LAC my H and I had both attended. It just wasn't right for him.
Two years later, our D loved that school most after looking at many others. So, she applied ED which clearly showed her enthusiasm, and was accepted.
So that's not identical to your situation. Is there any way your youngest could let them know even now how interested he is to attend? If he is, that is.
Isn't waiting nerve-wracking??</p>
<p>I agree with the above. My daughter has been already been accepted at two very small colleges where my son was accepted just last year, (but he decided not to enroll at either one). At one of them, she even received a larger merit scholarship - he had shown a lot of interest, she very little.</p>