Quick Question: Family Relations a factor in admissions?

TreeHugger10
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:15:39 +0000

You aren’t considered a “legacy” if your sibling goes there, but when I went to an info session at Cornell, I heard that if you are on the border between acceptance and rejection, the admissions officers might look at what your sibling has done. They will check their GPA and involvement in the school. Those things should reflect you as well, and if they like what they see your sibling doing, that may give you that extra push for admission. Otherwise, if they think you are under-qualified, they will just reject you, and if they think you would fit in well at the school, they will accept you regardless of the fact that you have a sibling at the school.