<p>Is it mandatory to list on the Common App a half-sister who you only lived with for 1 1/2 years over 5 years ago, especially if you don't currently live with either parent? The FAQs aren't specific on this issue. Thanks!</p>
<p>Still wondering if anyone has an answer to this…thanks!</p>
<p>The Common App has a blank for the sibling relationship. You could just write “half-sister” as the relationship description.</p>
<p>Yeah, I have a half-sister who I never lived with. I’m 99% sure I listed her…I think I put half-sister, but it may not have been clear that I never lived in the same house as her. Don’t think it hurt me or helped me in any way, though, so if you’re worried about it for sme reason, I wouldn’t be!</p>
<p>Is it worth filing on paper rather than electronically just to be able to write in “half-sister” since it is not available as a choice in the electronic version?</p>
<p>i doubt it.</p>