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To: TigerPaw who wrote (158354)	1/17/2003 11:24:07 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1587857

(check tomorrow for a correction that states that 120 points come from a perfect SAT score, that is my guess) I agree that would make more sense. However, this is the crux of the case. There is no mistake; this has been in the news for months now.

To: TigerPaw who wrote (158354)	1/18/2003 6:28:06 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1587857

ADMISSIONS CRITERIA At the University of Michigan, minority undergraduate applicants to the College of Literature, Science and the Arts receive a 20-point bonus on the basis of race out of a 150-point system, which takes into consideration other criteria, including academics. Scholarship athletes, for example, get 20 points. Race is covered in a category called "other factors." The point system includes: Geography 10 points - Michigan resident 6 points - Underrepresented Michigan county 2 points - Underrepresented state Alumni 4 points - "Legacy" (parents, step-parents) 1 point - Other (grandparents, siblings, spouses) Essay 1 point - Outstanding essay (since 1999, 3 points) Personal achievement 1 point - State 3 points - Regional 5 points - National Leadership and service 1 point - State 3 points - Regional 5 points - National Miscellaneous 20 points - Socio-economic disadvantage 20 points - Underrepresented racial-ethnic minority identification or education 5 points - Men in nursing 20 points - Scholarship athlete 20 points - Provost's discretion Maximum of 40 points and only one option is assigned in the alumni, personal achievement, leadership & service, and miscellaneous categories. Source: Center for Individual Rights Above is the sidebar you referred to that gives U of M's admission criteria. If the points for an under represented race is bad, why are the points for say a legacy or socio economic disdvantage or scholarship athletes not equally as bad. The first discriminates against kids from middle income homes, the second discriminates against poor and minority students since mostlikely, legacies will go to well off whites, and the third discriminates against kids who studied hard but are not endowed with athletic ability. If the racial break is bad, why aren't the others? ted