<p>Do you think I should include that my sister graduated from Northwestern in the personal statement?</p>
<p>Because the Northwestern SCS application doesn’t ask anything of that sort, I’m not sure if I should.</p>
<p>If I should, any recommendations on how I should word it? Thanks</p>
<p>well i don’t know but my grandfather taught at yale and my dad’s half sister attended it…so i’m definetly going to mention that</p>
<p>I think you should mention it. My dad’s cousin was the first woman professor at Yale (my son is applying). I never thought of it until reading the last post. Should he mention it?</p>
<p>If your sister having gone there genuinely made you interested in the school, then sure, that would be good to include to demonstrate your interest.</p>
<p>In the “why Northwestern?” essay on the supplement, I mentioned that several of my relavtives had attended NU and that my grandfather had taught there. I was accepted, so it can’t do any harm, I guess.</p>