I would expect if the number was bogus, the Clintons would have made a legal ruckus. Also it appeared in a solidly liberal MSM publication, not some “nutjob rightwing blog”.
BJ’s connection was with Senator Fulbright.
Still not buying it. You don’t get into PBK or a Rhodes Scholarships if you were admitted to a highly selective college based only on connections. You might get admitted, but not achieve that level of scholastic awards.
Unconsciously recoiling, I took notice even at the time of this 1962 photo of 16-year-old Boys Nation scholars meeting Kennedy (published I think in Look magazine), of Bill Clinton shaking JFK's hand:
Obviously he was idolizing JFK, and would go on to imitate him in every way he could, including womanizing.