<p>How big of an advantage is it having two older siblings at the school you want to go? They both applied ED and I plan on doing the same. It is a small liberal arts school in Norhteast. Also they get no fin aid, maybe knowing that will be a factor for me?</p>
<p>From my personal experience, it helps. My cousin's two older sisters went to a school, and they told it was worth more than a legacy, and that they really hoped he would apply.</p>
<p>Yeah, I would think that siblings at the school help more than legacy.</p>
<p>ahah sounds good.. thanx</p>
<p>I can't prove anything, but believe it is helpful to be a sibling at the college my D attends. She applied ED, had a great essay on why she wanted to attend, sound test scores and grades, and was a sibling, so who's to say what may have been the "tip" factor. I searched for all the information I could find on this when she was applying. Rachel Toor's book, Admissions Confidential, addresses this ( I still have the post-it flag in the book on p. 90) and she says that at Duke they would look at the older sibling's academic record at Duke and if the younger sibling's stats were similar and older sib's performance good, they were likely admitted. I suspect that many schools are senstive to the fact that parents are not likely to be supportive of fund raising efforts at child #1's school if child #2 was qualified, but rejected.</p>
<p>Because it's a small LAC it might help. But it would be different at a public state U.</p>