Listing relatives on applications
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 4:26 pm
When a school asks you for relatives that have attended their school, do they only mean immediate family? Is ok to list a cousin?
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Then why do they ask? Granted it matters much more for UG, but it should still mean something. What, I don't know.bk187 wrote:It won't matter.
Okay it matters 1%, or a bit more if your relative is one of the very few who has donated at least 7 figures.r6_philly wrote:Then why do they ask? Granted it matters much more for UG, but it should still mean something. What, I don't know.bk187 wrote:It won't matter.
What if it's a sibling who graduated Order of the Coif and on a full ride?bk187 wrote:Okay it matters 1%, or a bit more if your relative is one of the very few who has donated at least 7 figures.r6_philly wrote:Then why do they ask? Granted it matters much more for UG, but it should still mean something. What, I don't know.bk187 wrote:It won't matter.
Actually this is completely false. At Yale, for example, the size of a relative's donation does not matter at all. They add a certain amount points to your application if you have a relative who has donated $15 or $15 000 000.bk187 wrote: Okay it matters 1%, or a bit more if your relative is one of the very few who has donated at least 7 figures.
Really, they add points? I'd like to see this scoreboard.canuck wrote:Actually this is completely false. At Yale, for example, the size of a relative's donation does not matter at all. They add a certain amount points to your application if you have a relative who has donated $15 or $15 000 000.bk187 wrote: Okay it matters 1%, or a bit more if your relative is one of the very few who has donated at least 7 figures.
Depends on the school. Notre Dame has legacy admissions, but you're only a legacy if a parent graduated from ND. I still listed my uncle and cousin, though, because the application said "family members".bk187 wrote:Okay it matters 1%, or a bit more if your relative is one of the very few who has donated at least 7 figures.r6_philly wrote:Then why do they ask? Granted it matters much more for UG, but it should still mean something. What, I don't know.bk187 wrote:It won't matter.