[muawiyah]

What I was referring to were THE VERY FOUNDERS THEMSELVES and their progeny down to modern times. You get a few of those in your genepool you get considered.

Obama's grandmother's genealogical data fits that pattern.

It's a really old school.

[ladyjane]

Muawiyah - I usually agree with you on issues but on this one I have to tell you, no way. Do you have any idea how many applicants at Harvard are direct descendants of a Forbes, Lawrence, Cabot, Adams, Lowell, Quincy, et al? Plus, Obama was applying to the Law School - a nouveau professional school founded in the nineteenth century - horrors. His pedigree doesn’t count - at least not in a positive way.