<p>“But if you think that anything more than the tiniest fraction of admissions decisions are tainted by connectedness, legacy status, celebrity, etc, then you really need to get that persecution complex sorted.”</p>
<p>Read “The Price of Admission” by Danial Golden, 2006 to get the answer. It discusses the direct line between the development and admissions offices at the most selective schools and shows that it’s not an overwelming number, but it’s surely more than the tiniest fractions, too.</p>