"… Forty-two percent of private institutions and 6 percent of public institutions consider legacy status as a factor in admissions, according to a 2018 survey of admissions directors by Inside Higher Ed.
At Columbia University, legacy status may provide a ‘slight advantage’ when similarly qualified applicants are competing. That’s also the case at the University of Virginia.
Other schools that consider legacy include Auburn University, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Indiana University, Bloomington, the University of Alabama and Stanford University, according to each institution’s common data set." …