Didn’t mean that comment to be about MIT (who may not do legacy preference and certainly isnt lowering academic standards to win ncaa championships). But those are both factors at other top schools including the Ivies and Stanford

legacy preference just gives you a +1, not guaranteed.

I applied to 10 ivy league universities, and was accepted by 3. It's reasonable to suppose that if MIT gave a +1 for legacy admits, I would have gotten the nod.

that is not a reasonable assumption at all - it's a dice roll regardless. admission at one good school doesn't guarantee admission at another, even if you have legacy.

(and is also highly dependent on which Ivies we're talking about - not all Ivies are HYP, which are more on par with MIT)

> that is not a reasonable assumption at all - it's a dice roll regardless. admission at one good school doesn't guarantee admission at another

Saying "reasonable assumption" is not at all saying "guaranteed". Please stick to discussing ideas and not deliberately misinterpreting plain language.