DougR, I think Guest was not challenging the poll, but it's significance in terms of whether it's the right thing to do or not. Saying we want college admissions based soley on merit is a little like saying we don't want the government messing with our social security. Professional educators know that their means and tests for predicting academic success are flawed and flukey, and they can, do, and will make those judgements based on other factors, polls notwithstanding. And they should.

   It's certainly not illegal to be wealthy, and even if it were, one could probably still hire some lawyers or make a deal. Whether it's a sin--well, there are vows of poverty, there are different Christian interpretations of the camel going through a needle. Some say it's a mistranslation and that "camel" referred to a kind of twine, still hard to thread, but maybe not as outlandish. And I suppose they might have had bigger eyelets in needles back then, it might not be all that hard. In fact, one begins to wonder why the scriptre even mentioned it, since it comes to almost nothing, and one needn't worry about it. It probably really meant it will be darned easy for a rich man to enter the gates of heaven, if you really think about it.

DougR, guy, you never seem to want to address the moral heart of a question, just the rules of the game. Do you think it's okay that minorities are very often passed over because of their race? Do you? Do you think it's okay that if your name is J'taziah it often won't matter much what your grades and experience happen to be?