Gosh I was just reading about this on the O'Reilly link.
Delt Alum is right about the financial support- according to the article.
What amazed me were the different areas that they consider when giving out those points. One example was 20 points if you were a minority and only
12 if you aced the SAT. I also think if you were in athletics you were given 12 points (I can- NOT believe it is equal to acing the SAT)
Anyway, I thought this was also happening in California (UCLA??? I could very well have the wrong school-too lazy to look it up) except instead of dishing out added points on the basis of being a minority, they were looking at hardship. I guess if you could write a cover letter about how sad your life had been and how many obstacles you had overcome, you got the gold ring-admittance!
Bottom line-I don't think it's right! Admittance should be based on performance!