Why Do Top Schools Still Take Legacy Applicants?

<p>^Kind of like my computer guy who looked well rounded on paper - A’s in history and 5’s on the APUSH AP! 800 on CR, twice! But once he got to a college that was happy to accept all his AP scores for distribution requirements he took nothing but math, comp sci and physics. (Which is why BTW he chose Carnegie-Mellon over Harvard.) He fits every stereotype about perfect scorers by the way (well except for being a grind, it all came very easy to him at least in high school). We love him anyway. :)</p>