I have a question regarding how or how much do the UG admission officers look at this:
I have two kids 2 years apart. If my older one refuses admission in an Ivy league, that my younger one plans to apply and attend if admitted, would it create a negative impression on my younger ones application?
If my older one accepts admission in that particular Ivy, would it boost the chances of the younger one of being admitted?
Just taking all factors into consideration before we accept/reject colleges.
It won’t be an issue, but anyway, surely you aren’t thinking of accepting an offer on the basis that a sibling might also get an offer in 2 years’ time? Let the older sibling do what is right for the older sibling.
No. Every AO knows that kids are different. Many have kids of their own. There is no expectation that an entire generation will want the same college.
It depends on the college.It will vary between none and a feather on the scale. Certainly not a reason for the older kid to attend a college s/he does not want.
As I said, it depends on the college.For Harvard, it won’t matter. For Penn, it will be, again, a feather on the scale, which means it might help, if all other things are equal (which they never are). Since the younger one is 2 years younger, that means s/he has 2 years of grades to go and likely has not taken SAT/ACT. Therefore it’s too early to even guess if s/he is in the ballpark. So the older one really should choose what is right for her.
If we says No to the above two, is it documented in any way by these unis to give less preference to the sibling applying? Thinking the sibling may reject too?
And
If she says yes to one of the above Unis would it give a higher weightage to the sibling who plans to apply to both Brown and Dartmouth.
Our siblings are worried for each other and at the same time would love to be at the same University, so trying to get some clarity.
Universities are not Big Brother. They are not going to track this and keep it in their records. What one sibling does Re: final decision will not affect the others acceptance. Perhaps if the sibling attends that might help a tiny bit. But keeping records on all the applicants wouldn’t be feasible for any school.
Dartmouth had nearly 24k applications this cycle, and Brown nearly 39k. AOs have enough on their hands to examine the actual applications without trying to figure out if any of them had a sibling who turned a spot down at some stage (bearing in mind some siblings have many years between them).
