<p>ehhh… I should have stayed in retirement…</p>
<p>I try to ask for accuracy (adding cute and funny to soften the demand) and I’m ignorant*. I’ve been called worse so oh well… </p>
<p>notaznguy- I hope you will read this and hear it as a sincere: I just want you to try to state your answers as opinion if that’s what they are. This forum is known for being a good source of accurate information and many of us try to keep it that way. But if you had links or proof, I honestly wanted to see that. It seemed you used reason to get your answer which can be a valid back-up to an opinion but it still does not make an answer fact. </p>
<p>The legacy question does come up often here. I think it might be time for someone else to call admissions again and ask the question and report the answer here. Different counselors may answer that question differently so it would be nice to get this answered multiple times. </p>
<p>*My ignorance on this topic is actually based on personal experience. I’m an alumni. Son#1 is a USC grad-2007. Son#2 is a junior at USC. Daughter with the similar stats and better ec’s than her brothers was not admitted (she is in the middle age-wise). MULTIPLE calls to admissions and private appointment with counselor confirmed to us that legacy is not an admission factor. It is used- as others in this thread have pointed out- for scholarship consideration and for counseling opportunities. But as we DO know about admissions at USC, we never know for sure. That is my opinion. 
<— smilie added to try to add a cute and friendly tone to my post.</p>