My oldest are applying to 3 BS. All 3 schools are great and we would be happy to be accepted to and attend each of them. Hopefully we will be accepted to more than one and have some choices! That said, once they reject an offer of admission, does that close the door for a younger sibling to apply to that school in the future? Do we just have to hope that whatever school the oldest chooses will also accept the younger siblings? I hate to burn any bridges, but we don’t have a lot of choices in our comfortable driving/travel radius. Thanks! 
Honestly, no. I think the schools understand that what fits one kid may not fit the next. Or that your kids don’t want to be at the same school to establish their own identities. Or that as you learn more about the school the older ones attend, you like it less (or less for the younger kid.)
As long as you are gracious in your “regret” and really considered them, it should not be a problem.
Absolutely not.
I’ve thought about this, too. We’ve started building a list for my 7th grader, and it includes a school my older son was accepted to (but turned down), plus another that we visited but he ultimately decided not to apply to. I think it is important to stress during the interview process that your younger child is keeping all options open and is looking for the right fit for him / her. Although I will freely admit that it would make ours lives MUCH easier if kid #2 attends the same school as kid #1. :bz
@dramakid2 I think the only school Buuznkid2 is applying to that is the same as buuznkid1, is the school kid1 is at. A lot of that is because of our naïveté in the initial process and school’s we chose. But also in the difference in their personalities. I’d , personally, would love for her to go to the same school as her brother…but it is not very likely.
I totally understand @buuzn03 ! Actually kid #2 really likes the school that kid #1 attends, but we need to determine if they are going to be able to give him the kind of academic support that he’s going to need. We’re in the middle of getting a neuropsych done now - last part of testing will be done next week, then we will wait for the report. The eval will help us decide what type of environment would be best for him. Then it will be a matter of reaching out to the academic support centers at each school to discuss their services and whether their school would be an appropriate choice.
Good luck @dramakid2 ! I think your experience and findings will be of interest to those in similar situations. Maybe after the process you can provide insight in the “schools with academic support “ thread. I know there are many of us in similar situations!
Thanks @buuzn03 ! Good luck to you and your DD on your upcoming search!
I am also hopeful that we land at a school that is a good place for all of my kids. That would certainly be much easier for logistics of breaks, etc. @dramakid2 - you’ll have to keep me posted on the school support situation also. I have one child who I think will need more help with organization and study skills than the other!
If both of your kids are equally qualified, I think the challenge becomes convincing the school you like for #2 that they are your first choice even though your other child attended a different school.
We are in a similar position to @dramakid2 in that our youngest will likely need more support than our eldest. He loves his older sibling’s school and in some ways it would be perfect for him (he is the most outdoorsy and adventurous of us all!)… but he may need more support with exec functioning than that school can provide. He’s very young, so that could change? Maybe? He certainly won’t be as attractive a candidate for a school that only accepts 9 percent of applicants requiring FA!
I know many families that have kids all at the same school and many families who have kids at various places. I do think it’s easier for the younger ones to get in while the older ones are there ( or if they have graduated). But if they want to go elsewhere, they just have to convince the AO they are serious about school B.
@busymommyof4 It certainly would be easier to have kids at the same school.
FWIW, my limited anecdotal knowledge from talking with parents at CTKid#1’s current school is that many, many families have kids at different BSs, and many have kids that attend the same school. Kid’s roommate’s twin brother attends a different BS in a different state. Another friend’s brother attends Avon Old Farms, a rival. From this small sample, it would seem to be a non-issue. I think admissions folks grasp the differences among kids in the same family — probably better than the families themselves. We started Kid#1’s search thinking ahead to Kid#2 (applying currently) and wanted to be sure that features of the school Kid#1 attended wouldn’t preclude Kid #2 from applying, such as not having his sport and lack of adequate academic support. As it turns out, and based on what we’ve seen and learned about BS, although Kid#1’s school would work “on paper,” for various reasons Kid#2 is better off at a LDS. If he wants to transfer later on, we would consider Kid#1’s schools and others. Of course we are lucky to be fairly close to a lot of BSs, but the fit and selecting the second home for your kid is important enough that families make it work notwithstanding complicated logistics.