<p>Andi, that does not necessarily mean a “yes” will put the applicant in the legacy pool. Sometimes that is just to see to whom the student is connected. </p>
<p>Byerly, if any given group of applicant have higher academic stats (which, yes, do count heavily in consideration for admissions), and have a more impressive resume which Levin seems to indicate is the case for legacies, something that is more difficult to measure, that group should have a higher acceptance rate. If it did not, something would be wrong. If indeed that situation is the case for legacies–higher academic stats AND more impressive resumes, and the accept rate is equal or lower than that of the applicant pool, then some adverse selection would be in effect. In order for legacies to be having preferance in acceptance, then they must be below the rest of the Yale pool of applicants in either stats or resumes.</p>