<p>My brother graduated from Dartmouth in 2008 magna cum-laude. He gives some money, as well as my parents. If I apply ED, do you think this will provide any advantage? As miniscule as it may be?</p>
<p>BUMP come on?</p>
<p>The only way it would help you is if you were on the borderline of getting accepted. You shouldn’t count on that helping you though. What’s your grades/ACT/SAT scores in comparison to the average student going there?</p>
<p>BTW help my Naval Academy Question if you can. Nobody is freaking responding.</p>
<p>I haven’t taken my SATs yet, but my GPA is definitely on par. Sorry, I can’t help with the Naval question.</p>
<p>Bump bump bump sorry to be annoying!</p>
<p>I don’t think that you are considered a legacy. His kids will be though. You may have to get in on your own merits. Maybe your brother can adopt you.</p>
<p>Hahahah, no I didn’t think I was a “legacy” I was just using the term as sort of a made up thing. I just was wondering if it would cause ANY advantage.</p>
<p>no, probably not.</p>
<p>SO siblings don’t count as legacy?? Darn! BUt wouldn’t it have some positve impact if your older sibling did well?</p>
<p>I think having a “sibling legacy” does help, but not that much, on other words, just because your bro/sis got in doesnt mean you will nor does it mean they are accepting you, they will probably see that you obviously know the school well and that it might be a top choice for you. Dont rely on it though.
It might be different though if you have a twin or something, I know when my older brothers ( twins) applied to colleges, if one got accepted then the other one would to and they didnt even have similar grades really, both really good students, but one had better grades then the other. Why is getting into college so confusing haha, I think thats a mystery we will never be able to solve. There is just not rhyme or reason to the way they pick kids anymore.</p>
<p>I read somewhere that a so called sibling “legacy” counted for next to nothing in college admissions, especially with the Ivy League schools. The Ivy League schools have just too many talented applicants to choose from, many of whom have an older sibling who attended or is attending the school.</p>
<p>It might not help at all in paper, but maybe your brother can try with some contacts in the admissions office <em>cough</em> It’s all about the networking =P</p>
<p>Are your parents related to the university at all? Why do they ‘give some money’ to the university? If they are recognized donors it might also play in your favor. But, again, it won’t help on paper but might with ‘inside help’.</p>
<p>The problem is that by now there are soooo many siblings that do “well”, and sooo many alumni that donate “some money”. You’d stand out if you gave a million every year. But otherwise, it probably won’t help.</p>
<p>The way I see it, it only helps when there’s no other way to decide between you and another student. Otherwise, it’s useless.</p>
<p>^that’s true of legacy in general. I can’t speak about Dartmouth, but most schools do count a sibling as legacy—and it does count, but only a little. If all other things are equal, legacy serves as a tiebreaker. </p>
<p>The only time legacy really makes a big difference is when the development office calls the admissions office and says it would be important to them if this kid was admitted. In that instance, it carries similar weight to when a coach calls admissions and makes a similar request. It still won’t get an unqualified applicant admitted, but it can make a real difference.</p>