<p>The commonapp says to list siblings. Then it asks if they are living or dead. Our 3rd child died. I am assuming since it is asking living or dead, we should list him. But, I wonder too, if that is only to establish legacy or something, and he died as a baby, never went to college, so maybe we should not list him?</p>
<p>Where is that stated? My copy only asks about the parents being living or dead. Under siblings it just asks for Age, Relationship, and schools. Is there another place this information is requested?</p>
<p>it is on the online one that we were just working on…under “siblings” under “family”</p>
<p>I am very sorry for your loss; it must be painful whenever you are asked how many children you have.</p>
<p>I would imagine that they are asking for the purposes of understanding what your financial situation is like (e.g., do you have several children close in age who will all be college age at the same time). So I would suggest that you stick with the living siblings at this point. I am sure your 3rd child lives on in your family’s hearts.</p>
<p>Don’t think it matters much one way or the other. Our oldest died at age nine. We didn’t list him when his sister applied because it didn’t seem necessary or relevant, but I’m sure you could if you wanted to.</p>
<p>I am so sorry to hear about the loss of this child. I know from your other thread that you’ve lost several pregnancies as well.</p>
<p>As PG states, there probably isn’t a need to list this child unless maybe he passed this year or last year…which would have impacted the household number. </p>
<p>When it asks if the child is living or dead, is there a place to indicate DOD?</p>
<p>Qialah…so sorry to hear about the loss of your precious child as well. </p>
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