<p>DunninLA,</p>
<p>I wish i could remember the source but in a previous debate on the legacy issue someone provided a source that quatified the impact of legacy status as the equivalent of about 50 points on the 1600 point SAT scale. While this is nowhere near as large as the URM or recruited athlete preferences which run about 200 points on the same scale, it is not nothing. It is also hard to imagine why colleges and universites would put up with the flack generated by giving legacy preferences if they were infact trivial. And “Development” preferences, given for truly signigicant contributions to the university can be as significant as the the donation.</p>