<p>My brother is applying for a lot of Ivey league and top 10 universities. If he gets in, will that increase my chances of getting in to the school that he attends?</p>
<p>It will help, depending on the school...but just a little.</p>
<p>Info and articles on legacy admissions:</p>
<p>Here's a number of articles on Legacy Admissions. Some date from the 2004 presidential campaign when legacy admissions were raised as an issue. </p>
<p>Bowdin College Legacy remains a plus for applicants <a href="http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=2006-05-05§ion=1&id=2%5B/url%5D">http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=2006-05-05§ion=1&id=2</a></p>
<p>Brown University Privileging the Privileged <a href="http://www.brown.edu/Students/INDY/alpha/article.php?id=21&issue_id=188%5B/url%5D">http://www.brown.edu/Students/INDY/alpha/article.php?id=21&issue_id=188</a>
Fourth-generation student arrives at time when legacy admissions are under fire <a href="http://www.browndailyherald.com/media/paper472/news/2004/07/16/CampusNews/FourthGeneration.Student.Arrives.At.Time.When.Legacy.Admissions.Are.Under.Fire-707295.shtml?norewrite&sourcedomain=www.browndailyherald.com%5B/url%5D">http://www.browndailyherald.com/media/paper472/news/2004/07/16/CampusNews/FourthGeneration.Student.Arrives.At.Time.When.Legacy.Admissions.Are.Under.Fire-707295.shtml?norewrite&sourcedomain=www.browndailyherald.com</a></p>
<p>University of Chicago Admissions <a href="http://www.alumni.uchicago.edu/admissions.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.alumni.uchicago.edu/admissions.html</a></p>
<p>Cornell University Legacies <a href="http://cornell-magazine.cornell.edu/Archive/2005julaug/pdfs/JA05Legacies.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://cornell-magazine.cornell.edu/Archive/2005julaug/pdfs/JA05Legacies.pdf</a></p>
<p>Dartmouth University Legacy policies vary across nation <a href="http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2003051501020%5B/url%5D">http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2003051501020</a>
ALUMNI COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON ENROLLMENT AND ADMISSIONS <a href="http://alumni.dartmouth.edu/leadership/council/meetings/enroll-admissions.htm%5B/url%5D">http://alumni.dartmouth.edu/leadership/council/meetings/enroll-admissions.htm</a></p>
<p>Notre Dame University Alumni react to legacy admissions <a href="http://www.ndsmcobserver.com/media/paper660/news/2004/04/21/News/Alumni.React.To.Legacy.Admissions-666562.shtml?norewrite&sourcedomain=www.ndsmcobserver.com%5B/url%5D">http://www.ndsmcobserver.com/media/paper660/news/2004/04/21/News/Alumni.React.To.Legacy.Admissions-666562.shtml?norewrite&sourcedomain=www.ndsmcobserver.com</a></p>
<p>Pennsylvania University Legacy Admissions <a href="http://www.alumni.upenn.edu/aca/%5B/url%5D">http://www.alumni.upenn.edu/aca/</a></p>
<p>Stanford University Legacy admissions: does a family history at the Farm matter? <a href="http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2005/4/13/legacyAdmissionsDoesAFamilyHistoryAtTheFarmMatter%5B/url%5D">http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2005/4/13/legacyAdmissionsDoesAFamilyHistoryAtTheFarmMatter</a></p>
<p>Yale University Why Yale Favors Its Own <a href="http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2004_11/q_a.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2004_11/q_a.html</a></p>
<p>Wall Street Journal Colleges Bend Rules To Admit Rich Applicants <a href="http://www.collegejournal.com/aidadmissions/newstrends/20030224-golden.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.collegejournal.com/aidadmissions/newstrends/20030224-golden.html</a></p>
<p>Christian Science Monitor Family ties: an unfair advantage? <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0206/p13s01-legn.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0206/p13s01-legn.html</a></p>
<p>In most cases the colleges are looking at Parents and Grandparents as defining "Legacy",
but if your sibling gets in somewhere and you share their attributes, interests and abilities, it might help.
Doubt that it would hurt.</p>