<p>hijkim
I just returned from reunion at Stanford where Dean of Admission talked about admissions. Ave admit 8%, Legacy 15% (slightly more with legacy plus ie involved in alumni organization or yearly donor). Legacy gets you two readings of admission material. Higher acceptance rate as if you are on equal with a non legacy, you get nudged and because of higher submission rate of legacy smart kids. He said similar to Harvard, etc (he was at one of them prior to Stanford).</p>
<p>Also, you make great point as to fully utilizing potentials of school. That may be most important aspect of their admission process.</p>