Not every legacy is an alumni brat, George W. Bush and his father certainly weren't. Ann Coulter did the research, something like seventy something percent of yale legacy's would have gotten in anyway based on there own grades and scores. I went to St. Johns University, if my kids wanted to go there one day (god knows why they would), they wouldn't be some alumni brat.
Personally, I don't like legacy programs, or automatic addmissions to university staff kids or kids of big time donors or race admissions, the only thing that I can say I would support are either race blind socio-economic preferences and to a limited extent, very limited, kids who generate revenue for the school to subsidize the kids who get acadmeic scholarships (somone's got to pay, usually its because the sports teams bring in money that can be used to pay out scholarships). However, first and foremost, should be grades, like the 10% programs.
As long as they got in on their own merit, I wouldn't see why they'd be considered that. If preferences are given, that seems wrong ---the best students should be given the best chances for getting in. I can see "best" being different things, not necessarily just grades or test scores, possibly other kinds of acheviement should count.
Not every legacy is an alumni brat, George W. Bush and his father certainly weren't. Ann Coulter did the research, something like seventy something percent of yale legacy's would have gotten in anyway based on there own grades and scores.
My understanding is that GWB did get into Yale as an alumni brat. With that said, let me add that I am Annie's #1 fan, and if she did the research, and you have a link to her, I'll be glad to read what she had to say on the subject.