[rintintin]

Like I say, I really doubt USC turns away anybody who meets their academic threshold. It’s a very big school, and not hard to get into if you have decent grades

[caww]

Well then since grocery stores are so big then it’s ok if I steal a steak or two? Heck the customers won’t care.

[caww]

If you read the documents their daughter wasn't scoring even the basic "low" standard for admittance which is why the parents went this route...they were concerned she was likely even below the low.

[nopardons]

You obviously don't know what you're talking about!

Did you go to that college, are you an admittance officer there, or are you somehow in on this scam?

[SoCal Pubbie]

That’s not true.

[Freedom56v2]

Sigh...

Interesting that you think this is not a big deal...At least 2 students were denied general admission at the “really big school.’ To them More importantly and to the point, 2 women crew candidates were denied. For them, very likely not about admission standards...

The student athletes who lost out, lost SCHOLARSHIP MONEY...

USC is Div 1 Women’s Rowing...with scholarship money averaging $30,000+ with USC tuition and fees averaging $52,000+/year.

That is a huge thing to middle class families and their student athletes who spend years trying to excel in their sport.

Facts are really helpful...

http://www.scholarshipstats.com/rowing.html

[BobL]

“Like I say, I really doubt USC turns away anybody who meets their academic threshold. It’s a very big school, and not hard to get into if you have decent grades”

I’m sure they don’t turn away people who meet their standards, but they will raise them a bit when they have ‘better qualified’ applicants applying. It’s a zero-sum game, they cannot simply take an unlimited number of people, they only have so many professors, classroom seats, dorm beds, etc.