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It's [legacy] just part of the university, and it's a very integral part of what makes A&M, A&M.

And aristocratic traditions were what made Europe Europe for most of the Dark Ages.

Just because something is traditional, and you're personally a beneficiary of that tradition, doesn't make it right.

For one thing, I was in the top 10% of my class, so I was not given any preferential treatment. I got in early because of my grades in school.

You have to have a certain SAT and grade point average to even consider going to A&M. After that, there is different criteria, and being a legacy is part of that criteria.

I think it is perfectly acceptable to put someone that knows all about the university, and loves it at the top of the list.

What criteria would you like to use after grades and SAT?

I might also want to point out that my nephew was not accepted into A&M at first. He had a B average in high school and a higher SAT than I had. Then he decided to join the corps of cadets, and was accepted.

One of my nieces was not accepted to A&M at first, and I don't know why. She had good grades and a much higher SAT than I had. She was put on a wait list, and finally got accepted right before her freshman year was to start. She may have had to go to summer school in order to get accepted.

Being a legacy does not help much at A&M, but it does help if all of the other criteria has been met. Now, there are lots of us that love the university and worked hard to get in. I would imagine that is more the case at A&M than anything else.