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<p>Sure, Berkeley doesn’t cut slack for athletes (though they did have a scandal 8 or 9 years ago) when it comes to graduation requirement; it would have been a violation if they do. But they give them HUGE slack when it comes to admission for baseball and the two revenue sports–football and basketball. That’s why their graduation rate for athletes in football and baseball has been so terrible and among the lowest even within the Pac-10; yes, that means it is lower than schools like oregon. Schools like USC/Michigan do the same thing (actually I think Michigan is slightly better than USC/Cal). When it comes to football athletes, their test scores are no different from those in Oklahoma, Miami, or Florida State. Such compromise allows them to compete for the same pool of football talents and keeps their football program competitive.</p>