Thanks. Our kid applied ED and is a legacy, and was accepted. Last year, a friend’s child, also a legacy, applied to the same school RD and was accepted with a very strange offer letter that basically said ‘we don’t really want to admit you but since your parents went here, we will’ (they declined the offer).
I’ve never given any money to my alma mayer, and I don’t think my friend has given much, if any, but it was obvious that it had some relevance. Thanks for clearing up why.