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Reconsidering Favoritism In College Admissions

First Posted: 03/18/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 03:25 PM ET

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Indeed, the whole business of admissions is touchy and what can pass for scandal in modern media has surrounded the University of Illinois in recent months. My old paper, the Chicago Tribune, disclosed that certain applicants were clearly admitted to the university as a result of odious "clout"; namely familial and other ties to trustees, politicians and various different species of citizens with influence (including Tony Rezko, the jailed real estate developer and onetime chum of a then-rising Illinois politician, Barack Obama).

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Indeed, the whole business of admissions is touchy and what can pass for scandal in modern media has surrounded the University of Illinois in recent months. My old paper, the Chicago Tribune, disclose...
Indeed, the whole business of admissions is touchy and what can pass for scandal in modern media has surrounded the University of Illinois in recent months. My old paper, the Chicago Tribune, disclose...
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Gregorius Mercator
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10:00 PM on 10/18/2009
I think taking into consideration a family history at the school is entirely reasonable and should count in favor of an applicant, but it should only be one part of a rigorous admission process and certainly not the deciding factor.
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