[DrBenCarson]

You're not wrong.

Harvard wouldn't be Harvard without its legacy admits. It's how universities perpetuate their status.

Graduate becomes wealthy, their children become powerful, get into the school, make friends in their graduating class, help vault new graduates to the same circle. Rinse and repeat.

The real answer is taking some of their $$ and expanding seats. With how low acceptance rates are now, they could double their class size and still be very exclusive.