1. Required? Officially? Probably not. I cannot speak specifically to Tulane. Still, better to have them and not need them than need them and not have them.
2. I would not mention the legacy status except to the legacy chapter. It's too easy to cut a PNM because "They are a legacy so they'll go XYZ".
SWTXBelle is spot on.
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