<p>My friend has a son who applied last year but decided to remain at his current LPS. He applied to 7 schools, was accepted by 4 but finally decided not to go to any. They have a daughter who is considering applying to the same boarding schools that they declined last year. Does anyone think it would reduce their chance? </p>
<p>ADCOMS will probably tell you no. And I don’t know what the process is in terms of ability to link one application and acceptance with a sibs. It’s possible the problem could fly under the radar screen. I wouldn’t call attention to it in the app or interview however because I think anything that gives the admissions committee pause leads to a reason NOT to accept you–because they are also looking out for their yield. Maybe they will think sib didn’t go because of family’s financial situation and not enough FA, and the financial situation for sib is similar because it is the same family.</p>
<p>Anything that smacks of, “oh this student won’t come,” because of x, y or z won’t help. Instead, focus on what you can manage, and focus on reasons why sib wants to attend X BS and what they will bring to the table.</p>
<p>Ah! A question I can answer! My daughter applied to two schools that my son turned down and both accepted her. Of course, that means that there is a school out there that accepted both and both turned down. I think we may skip that school for kid3. I just don’t feel like I could show my face in that admissions office again. :)</p>
<p>First son applied and accepted at schools 1 / 2 / 3 attended school 1
Second son applied and accepted at schools 1 & 4 attended school 4
Daughter applied and accepted at schools 1 & 5 attended school 1</p>
<p>A good admission team will make you and your child always feel welcomed and wanted (most of the time) because they really don’t know what they’ll haul in their net. There are a lot fish in the sea, there are bluefish and then there’s blue fin tuna. Ok, so you’re not a fish, bad analogy but it is a school! </p>
<p>They are building a class and if she sees herself there and you agree, then the school may feel she’s a good fit too.
There’s 20% they know they want, 20% they know they don’t want, the other 60% they just don’t know. Never sell yourself short and pull out all the stops. </p>
<p>Thanks for all the replies. </p>
<p>It sounds like, in general, once the ADCOM finds out that you are the same family, it may affect the admission status one way or another, unless each sibling has a compelling reason for go/no-go??</p>
<p>Yes, I’d say that’s a fair assumption. As much as we’d all love to be a fly on the wall for the admission decisions, there is a method to the madness. There was an earlier post this year in which Episcopal High School clarified their admission process.<br>
<a href=“http://www.admission.org/data/files/gallery/MemberandaPDFs/2012SpringMemberanda72.pdf”>http://www.admission.org/data/files/gallery/MemberandaPDFs/2012SpringMemberanda72.pdf</a> </p>
<p>If your student has a sibling or other family members at the school, legacy status, that certainly helps in many cases and schools will outright say so. I doubt they’ ll say that the OP’s question would be answered with a lowering of chances. However, I can honestly say that in my too many years in prep and private schools selective admissions, I’ve seen many, many such situations. A lot of the kids I knew had siblings who applied to the same schools and turned some down, and it didn’t come up as an issue because it was so common place with everyone applying to the same pot of schools. So, though it was a definite plus if the sibling went to the school due to legacy preferences, that a sibling turned down the school didn’t seem to be an issue, from what I could say. Not a word have I ever heard of anyone saying this and believe me, I’ve heard every reason just about as to why a kid might have been denied. It just happens to much for people to track those things.</p>
<p>That’s not to say that any individual admissions officer or in any individual case that it absolutely won’t come up. </p>
<p>It may be more an issue in college admissions. In selective college admissions, there are so many highly qualified students with top scores that they are looking for reasons NOT to take you. If anything smacks of a candidate not accepting an offer, they’ll hold off on offering admission.</p>