How do schools vet legacy claims?

<p>Yes, you can list someone else, but you are taking that chance that you get caught on something stupid like that. It’s funny how small the world of colleges is and who knows whom. When I return to my old school, there are always many people I know and word of this and that really gets around.</p>

<p>I know a story where someone whose dad is an identical twin, tried to use the alumni connection. Got caught. Lies often have short legs.</p>