<p>Disgusting. Does this go on everywhere?</p>
<p>I think so, whats worse is WVU giving a degree to the governor’s daugher when she did not meet all requirements.</p>
<p>To post #2, yes it happens almost every where. You think Sheldon Williams would’ve been competitive at Duke just by looking at his high school grades? How about Tyler Hansbrough a.k.a Psycho T at North Carolina? Maybe, but that’s a big maybe.</p>
<p>I think recruited athletes is much different than random connected kids.</p>
<p>^agree</p>
<p>It’s the Chicago way. (Although it’s still one of the coolest cities evah)</p>
<p>This happens all the time at privates - they are called “developmental admits”.</p>
<p>This is further humiliation for Illinois.</p>
<p>The only difference between UIUC and the ivy league in terms of corruption is that the admission staff at UIUC at least opposed the admission of these VIP relatives. </p>
<p>I agree that the practice of admitting so-called developmental admits needs to end.</p>
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<p>I think they should go further with these people. Give them the degree without taking a class so they don’t take a spot from a legitimately qualified applicant. If they want to hang around and go to frat parties for four years, that’s fine. It seems like that’s what they end up doing anyway. They don’t take classes seriously anyway.</p>
<p>They are just building a class and achieving diversity. It is not all about grades.</p>
<p>You need 100 or so stupid connected kids to offer a different viewpoint in the classroom.</p>
<p>The privates rationalize having development admits by saying full paying students with families who have the capacity to become major donors subsidize the financial aid and other fees for other students. So, they see this as a win-win situation. Private institutions rely on personal and alumni donors to a far greater extent than public schools. No, it’s not fair but this has been going on forever.</p>