[Sherman Logan]

Back in the day, Columbia University had a 1% (1.5%?) quota against Jews.

Well, no it didn't. Or, if they did, it wasn't very effective.

One of the groups affected by these policies was Jewish applicants, whose admission to some New England and New York City-area liberal arts universities fell significantly between the late 1910s and the mid-1930s.[5] For instance, the admission ... during that period fell ...in Columbia University from 32.7% to 14.6%. 15% was still 7x or 10x their percentage of the population.

Sounds more like they had a 15% quota, not 1.5% (or 1%). 15% was still 7x or 10x their percentage of the population.

Shouldn't have had any quota at all, of course.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerus_clausus#Numerus_clausus_in_the_United_States

[Sherman Logan]

Sorry, the last sentence is the second italics section got misplaced. It isn’t part of the quote.

[Eleutheria5]

Perhaps I was thinking of the medical/law schools.