He didn't need the leg up, but it was there if he did. Legacy means that your parent attended and you have a 50/50 chance of being admitted. They use the excuse of donations for keeping the legacy policy around, but that actually doesn't account for much of their donations anymore.
I was just addressing the fact that previous poster tried to lump Gore's son (who was a legacy, got decent grades and excelled in two sports) in there with Kushner (who didn't excel at anything and daddy flat out bought his way in) because he was mention in this guy's book. Legacy doesn't automatically mean there is no merit involved in your acceptance. It just means you have a 50/50 chance.
Now I agree that it sucks that the policy takes opportunity from those who may be more qualified, but my point was that as it stand today, legacy is a legitimate acceptance criteria as opposed to just paying 2.5 million to get your kid slipped in because he is a failure.
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