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The Dirty Little Secret of College Admissions
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The Dirty Little Secret Of College Admissions.
In the aftermath of an exposé by the Los Angeles Times that some students were admitted to the University of California at the request of prominent people, a report by the university was recently released.
Rather than silencing the debate, the report drove home one of the dirty little secrets of college admissions -- that when it comes to admitting students who otherwise couldn't get in, friends and relatives of prominent people are the first ones to take advantage of special admittance procedures.
This has long been true at private colleges, where "legacies," or children of alumni, have had first preference and …
