<p>My husband and I are graduates of the same highly competitive college, which is also our son's first choice. Should we list our college in the Common App? Our concerns are 1) If our son doesn't get in to his first choice, it might hurt him if other colleges see he is a double legacy at one of their rival schools, or 2) will it look strange if we don't list any college affiliation on the Common App? Thanks...</p>
<p>No, it won’t hurt your son that you are a legacy to a ‘rival’ colleges.</p>
<p>The common app asks which university the parents graduated from, of any. The supplement also specifically asks if any relatives graduated from that college.</p>
<p>Thanks, Cortona. On Thursday, my son was accepted to his first-choice college, which we also attended. Interestingly, the supplement did NOT ask if he had relatives who had attended also (though the information was on the Commom App). I have also heard multiple times now that since the most competitive colleges are interested in their yield numbers, they are reluctant to take candidates with double-legacy status at a peer institution. In sum, it worked okay for us, but I think I disagree with you.</p>
<p>I should have amended my statement; some schools ask about relatives but not all. Congrats to your son!</p>
<p>Thanks, Cortana–and sorry I gave you an o instead of an a above. 
still holding to the philosophy that if you’re a double legacy at, say, Stanford, it hurts you at Yale–and vice versa. Wish others would weigh in on their experiences with this.</p>