<p>^^Hope you can make that argument to some friends of ours with a rejected yale legacy son, 2200 SAT, 3.8 gpa out of a top boarding school. IMO kid did not have very strong leadership qualities. Now attending another top institution (non ivy), or to another friend who didnt even bother have their kid apply EA after talking to the admission office about legacy chances, in order to utilize ED somewhere else. Yalel out of all the Ivys prides itself on not giving alumni children a boost.</p>