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by Izkata 909 days ago
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_preferences

The secondary term here, "legacies" and "legacy students", are probably where most people have heard it, it's used in movies that involve sororities, when the snobby characters are gossiping: "How did she get in?" "She must be a legacy." and such.