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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They can’t get rid of athletic preferences or they won’t be able to field a team.  It makes no sense.

I still don’t see how colleges won’t be able to still keep doing it with.holistic admissions .  The whole process is such a random crapshoot anyway,  [/quote]

Good. These are institutions of higher learning. Focus on that. Nothing else. Look at what most other countires do. Our system is so corrupted by $$[/quote]

This.

The FTC should go after colleges for false marketing claims.[/quote]

Uh, care to spell that out? -government lawyer laughing [/quote]

NP.  And, Apanother government lawyer (who was laughing, but then started thinking). Not tye FTC, but the DOJ is investigating allegations of anto trssust violations in college admissions.

1. Tne  biggie is litigation alleging hugely selective schools coordinated need based aid. (Ie financial aid price fixing).  This litigation is currently ongoing.

https://www.bestcolleges.com/news/analysis/antitrust-suit-could-cost-elite-universities-billions/#:~:text=Dubbed%20the%20%22568%20Cartel%22%20in,Technology%2C%20and%20Johns%20Hopkins%20University.

https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/federal-judge-allows-antitrust-lawsuit-against-17-elite-universities-to-move-forward

2. There has also been recent antitrust litigation alleging elite colleges are sharing names and info about  ED students

https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2018/04/09/justice-department-starts-investigation-early-decision-admissions

3. There have also been investigations on offering Ed admits enhanced aid or other benefits, like early registration or dorm preference and  on a colleges poaching (actively pursuing surfeit after 5/1 or encouraging kids to transfer (even if the kid has not expressed interest).  My own kid had both safeties (Wooster and St. Olaf) has an AO   Call to see if anything would change my kid’s mind after 5/1.  They said his acceptance would remain active until the beginning of Junior year and he could transfer at any point in the first two years for any reason. They followed up with and email or student or AP phone call every few months.  That may be an antitrust violation.

4.  Title IX lawsuits are also being filed.

So, the DOJ is running several investigations into college admissions.  PP may have says the FTC but if your aren’t a federal lawyer, it’s an easy mistake to make 
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