SMU Football Blog wrote:http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/stories/110807dnsposmucompete.2ff5891.html
For the last seven years, SMU has had nationally competitive admissions for first-year students," said Vicki Hill, director of the school's Altshuler-Learning Enhancement Center and a member of the search committee. "I don't know how we can get people to see that without violating federal privacy laws."
Hill said fewer than 10 athletes last year had their files sent to the faculty committee for approval. One was rejected. Only prospective students who rank very low in both grades and test scores go directly to the faculty committee.
Just talked to Vicki Hill, who said the quote Blog pulled from the story was not entirely complete.
Everyone saw the quote from the story that Blog used:
"Hill said fewer than 10 athletes last year had their files sent to the faculty committee for approval. One was rejected. Only prospective students who rank very low in both grades and test scores go directly to the faculty committee."
However, Hill said one clarification was left out of the story: "The one rejected file was a non-qualifier who never cleared the NCAA Clearinghouse."