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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only correct response, is " yeah I know I am lucky to have that added hook on my application. Thank you mom and dad!"

There's no reason to pretend it wasn't helpful or that your kid could have gotten in without your legacy status. It just makes you look small when you try to delude your friends. Your kid should just own that they had the advantage and are grateful and appreciative for it.[/quote]

Even the historical numbers you rely on show that many legacy applicants could indeed get in without being a legacy, especially the more recent data.  The same is not true of most other categories of hooks.[/quote]

That is irrelevant to the fact that legacy is an extremely significant boost, one of the most powerful. The odds are that they would not have been accepted absent the legacy hook because that’s how the process works. [/quote]

Odds are…they would NOT be accepted even with the legacy preference.

Most legacy kids, including the well-qualified ones, are NOT accepted. 
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Yup, +1[/quote]

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