[only-one1701]

Which kind of student do you think would be more likely to realize that a single data point is of no consequence: legacy or non-legacy?

[credit_guy]

Nice roast there, but was it really necessary?

[only-one1701]

I think it’s a pithy counter to the point you were trying to make.

[credit_guy]

Sure. It also sounds like you liked the pithy answer opportunity more than you than you care about the substance of what I was saying. Which is a shame, the dialogue on Hacker News is generally better than that.

[only-one1701]

No, I believe the pithy answer also conveys a sufficient rebuttal to the "substance" of what you were saying. Or to put it more explicitly: the scenario you lay out is rare enough to be of no consequence compared to the much more frequent instances of unremarkable legacies getting a massive handicap.