Quote:A year after a college scandal rattled the nation’s confidence in the fairness of admissions, the state auditor has found that the University of California improperly admitted dozens of wealthy students based on their connections over six years, with hundreds of other admissions raising questions about their legitimacy.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/education/ar...LmQ0fSEiqU
some details
on the 22 non-athlete athletes....
Quote:It is unlikely that the 22 applicants we found represent the true number of applicants whom coaches falsely identified as prospective student athletes to gain the applicant’s admission because of their connections to donors or influential individuals. First, we reviewed athletes for only a fraction of the athletic teams at each of the campuses. Further, even among those teams, we identified more than 400 athletes who did not appear on their teams’ rosters for more than their first year at that campus—indicating they stopped participating in that sport. Among that group were several athletes who had questionable circumstances surrounding their admission whom we did not count in our total of inappropriate admissions. Some of these athletes had limited or nonexistent athletic qualifications, while others were related to campus staff or a prominent donor. Others were immediately made into a team manager, indicating that the coaches never intended for the applicant to compete on the team.
and
Quote:UC Berkeley inappropriately admitted 42 other applicants who were connected to campus staff and donors. These applicants were less qualified than many others for whom the campuses denied admission. In fact, some of these applicants received the lowest possible scores on their applications. The involvement of multiple members of management at UC Berkeley in these inappropriate admissions demonstrates that campus leadership failed to foster a culture committed to the university’s principles of fairness in admissions decisions.
I find it hard to believe that UCB was the only UC to give this sort of admission preference and suspect the number is much higher than 42, note the 42 was over a 6 year period so probably ~80,000 UCB admits during that time
https://www.auditor.ca.gov/reports/2019-...l#section1
Eric
"the older we get the better we were"
