<p>That is a typical circumlocution.</p>
<p>What difference does it make that “legacies actually have higher scores and GPAs than non-legacies?”</p>
<p>Irrelevant.</p>
<p>The issue is whether - stat for stat - they are admitted AT A HIGHER RATE!</p>
<p>And they are.</p>
<p>Schools are not going to discriminate against legacies by holding them to a higher standard. They are, without a doubt, held to a lower standard.</p>