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<p>Absolutely. No one has suggested otherwise.</p>
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<p>Depends… I think, because I am not affiliated with the Office of Admission, and therefore cannot speak definitively.</p>
<p>If your stress on legacy comes across as some sort of sense of entitlement, you run the risk of evincing lack of confidence on the merits, I think. In any case, they will know you are a legacy.</p>
<p>If your treatment of legacy shows that you have a deep understanding of the responsibilities of a Brown student and the value of a Brown education and the Brown experience… and that legacy means that you would feel an extra strong obligation to preserve and enhance Brown’s reputation through your actions and achievements, then I think your statement would be more powerful. </p>
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