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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems schools are in a very tough balancing act -- admit the siblings vs. admit the most qualified applicants.  It works out best if the siblings ARE the most qualified, but unfortunately that doesn't always happen.  No matter which side of the balance they favor, they will suffer lots of criticism.

I feel for the disappointed parents posting here too.  It's sad there's no easy answer that makes everyone happy.[/quote]

Not wanting to argue because you seem sincere but I can guarantee my sib was extremely qualified. Less qualified kids were admitted.  This was not a case of underqualified sibling. I Kind of feel now that it was a rejection of the family even though they barely knew us.  They knew other families better I suppose.  Trust me, parents from the School dont believe me when I tell them kid was rejected.  thye say it must have been a mistake .  I dont explain that no it was definitely intentional.  I know other people keep trying but it seemed pretty cruel to do that to dc.
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You can guarantee your dc was "extremely qualified," but you can't guarantee there was not another extremely qualified applicant that was a better one for the school. Admissions committees are putting together a school community, not just admitting one student at a time. [/quote]

Nope. You are wrong.  Know my kid and the kids they accepted.  They weren't building a community, they were addressing other interests of the school.  Having nothing to do with the actual students or the "makeup of the class".  Let's be vague and call them institutional interests.  The institutional interests often trump best candidate status.  Probably the right thing for the school to do in the short term but really silly thing to do long term.  [/quote]

You clearly do not understand the school admissions process. It's not just about you or your kids. It is also about what you call institutional interests, and you and I disagree as to whether insitutional goals are valid interests when building a school community. Ironically, your poor reaction to the rejction and your evident inability to understand the importance of school goals shows that your school was right not to put too much store in your family.[/quote]

Burst out laughing!! The fact that my family is unhappy with the criteria that rejects a member of my family validates the criteria.  Very funny and of course ridiculously self serving.  
Which admission office do you work in by the way? 
Look, I don't really give a sh#t about the school.  Meaning I don't care about it.  It is meaningless to me.  I don't hate it or have any emotion toward the school.  Which I think is not what the school wants.  The school helped to create this attitude by pretending they accept the best and the brightest when they clearly don't.  I clearly DO understand the school admission process as I brought up institutional interests and was being kind in not explicitly calling out stoopid rich kids, or mediocre legacies or politically connected dolts.

Just responding to the OP.  Siblings get rejected even if they are extremely qualified.

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