Will schools hold your decisions against younger siblings?

oldfort
Sat, 30 Mar 2019 21:53:02 +0000

If AOs do care there is such thing as business intelligence(computer) to check on applicant’s background. It’s not that hard to figure out if an applicant has siblings and if any of those siblings have applied to the school. AOs have known to check on applicants’ social medias, what make you think they couldn’t and wouldn’t check on their siblings (whether matriculated or admitted). I used to tell D1 to do well at her college so her sister would have a better chance.

When top tier schools only admit 5% of applicants, every seat counts. I think by the time an applicant makes it close to the admit pool the AOs are checking their credentials pretty closely, which may include talking to their GCs, googling on the internet, looking at their potential connections to donors, etc.