<p>Yes, we legacy applicants received a letter saying that they aimed to accept 50% of the legacy applicants and that they hoped the class of 2012 would be 25% sons/daughters of alums.</p>
<p>Having a parent who works in the ivy league admissions process and who receives much criticism for being “too lenient” with legacy apps, I asked him the same thing; do legacy applicants deserve the slight edge? He responded that the legacy students on average have a higher gpa than non-legacy students which shows that the criticism IN MOST CASES can be very unfair. Pointing fingers at legacy admits saying that someone else deserved their admit is unfair because, who’s to say they wouldn’t have been admitted without their legacy status? Say a legacy doesn’t have the highest stats, which can be true, who’s to say that other facets of their app didn’t get them in, like we see in so many cases? A great essay or other subjective aspects can nullify low stats. </p>
<p>Moral of the story, apple doesn’t fall far from the tree?</p>