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<p>Not sure which part of this you’re disputing, Vlad, but the University of Michigan does give admissions preferences to children (and grandchildren, and stepchildren) of alumni, and there’s no disputing that alumni skew whiter than the population as a whole.</p>
<p>Here’s what a University of Michigan Alumni Association undergraduate admissions FAQ says about it. This language comes straight from earlier versions of the Admissions Office web pages.</p>
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<p>And here’s a recent Michigan Daily editorial on the subject:</p>
<p>[From</a> the Daily: Legacy admissions - The Michigan Daily](<a href=“http://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/daily-legacy-admission]From”>From the Daily: Legacy admissions)</p>
<p>As far as I know, the University of Michigan Supplement on the Common App still asks applicants to identify parents, grandparents, step-parents, etc. who attended the university; at least it did last year (Fall of 2012) when my daughter (a double legacy) was applying (she was admitted, by the way, but elected to attend another school). The only purpose for this is to give a legacies boost in admissions. How much that legacy boost is worth is hard to say, though a recent study found that at elite private schools legacies are on average 45% more likely to be admitted than similarly-credentialed non-legacy applicants, and much higher than that at some schools, e.g., Harvard (legacy admit rate 30%, overall admit rate 5.8%) and Princeton (legacy admit rate 33%, overall admit rate 8.5%).</p>
<p>[Legacy</a> Kids Have An Admissions Advantage - Business Insider](<a href=“http://www.businessinsider.com/legacy-kids-have-an-admissions-advantage-2013-6]Legacy”>Legacy Kids Have an Admissions Advantage)</p>