<p>hello…i didn’t really know what to title this, but here is my situation. i apologize if this sounds choppy, but i am very upset right now.</p>
<p>i have a cousin who is a year younger than i am. she is very competitive with me and her life goal is to do whatever i do, etc. she has now expressed an “interest” in going to wash u and has lovingly laughed in my face saying “haha, i’ll make sure to list you [and another relative who also goes to wash u] as my cousins on my application.”</p>
<p>she goes to a small hs that does not offer aps or honors classes so her GPA is very high, her class rank is also in the top 5 out of 70-something. her SATs are in the 1300s but she’s taking them again. </p>
<p>1) wash u does not give legacy preference to people in the same generation, right? and no one gets preference for cousins…right?
2) i know she goes to a school that does not offer any APs so technically they shouldn’t hold it against her…but i’ve taken 7 APs in high school and i have friends who took 5-6 and didn’t get into wash u. i don’t think it’s fair that she can go to some easy school, have a very good GPA, and be salutatorian while i went to a hard school and worked my butt off. please give me some insight on how wash u will see my cousin’s application, because i did not go to a small school and i don’t know how admissions works for people in schools were no AP classes are offered. </p>
<p>i know the best thing for me to do is just relax and not worry about it, but i just found out about her diabolical plan 2 days ago, so it’s bugging me right now. thanks guys.</p>
<p>one word…karma…no worries! in hindsight you are soooo not gonna care about all this!! im gonna remind you about this in like 1 month when we r partying at wash u and ur gonna be like cousin who??? :)</p>
<p>wow… yep, little cousins are pretty competitive. Don’t worry, legacy only applies to older generations i think. And besides, even if she gets in, it doesn’t mean that she’s looking down on u; actually, she may be inspired or look up to you as a role model. else, she would have said, no way i’m going to WashU, i’m going to harvard. or something like that</p>
<p>Don’t worry until she gets the fat envelope. One thing is certain…she will not be as prepared as you have been…it will be harder for her. IF she does NOT get the fat envelope…well you will then have to play sympathetic or not.</p>
<p>yeah, i just don’t want her following me around everywhere grosss and i know if i blow her off her parents will call my parents and there will be a big fight and then my grandmother will get involved (my family loooves drama)…and she is so annoying and really mean i just don’t want her anywhere near me…but thanks, i’ll try not to worry about it unnecessarily.</p>
<p>Sometime competition is good. Your cousin’s goal is to do well in school and to get into a top notch schoollike you did. I think she looks up to you…a compliment! Anyway she took the old SAT test if the results are 1300. Cousin will have to take new SAT. The new SAT test can be more difficult than the old test because of the writing portion on it. Cousin may not be able to get into Wash U?</p>