Newsflash! "[Elite] Colleges routinely favor those who have connections over those who don't."

From the Globe:

"Researchers with access to closely guarded college admissions data have found that, on the whole, about 15 percent of freshmen enrolled at America's highly selective colleges are white teens who failed to meet their institutions' minimum admissions standards."

"...While some applicants gain admission by legitimately beating out their peers, many others get into exclusive colleges the same way people get into trendy night clubs, by knowing the management or flashing cash at the person manning the velvet rope."

The news isn't all bad, though.  I mean, if elite schools like Harvard and Yale actually had standards where would we get our future presidents?