The importance of a legacy

How important is legacy status in the Caltech admissions process? Under the CDS it says it is considered. Thanks!

The admissions office claims it isn’t considered (if I remember correctly). You can always try emailing or calling them to ask directly.

I’m pretty sure they’re anti-legacy, based on a moderate sample size. I think by considered they might mean negatively lol. But of course, I’m just speculating.

My son got in; his grandfather and grand-uncle were grads.