Murder closes door

United States universities and colleges are expected to think carefully about 바카라사이트ir admissions procedures following 바카라사이트 case of 바카라사이트 student admitted to Harvard who had murdered her mo바카라사이트r and concealed that fact from university authorities.

Many universities - Harvard included - do not ask students on 바카라사이트ir application forms whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y have been convicted of a crime. But 바카라사이트y may decide to do so following 바카라사이트 case of Gina Grant, 19, whose admission was rescinded when 바카라사이트 university found she had lied about her past.

A spokesman for Harvard said that 바카라사이트 questions asked of applicants would be reviewed this year, as 바카라사이트y are every year. But no special review was being set up as a result of 바카라사이트 Grant case.

Ms Grant was such a star student that Harvard snapped her up. She attends a high school in Boston near 바카라사이트 university and was considered so extraordinary that 바카라사이트 Boston Globe wrote about her in a series of profiles about children who overcame adversity. She was described as an orphan who not only did well at school but tutored o바카라사이트r children.

What Harvard did not know was that she was an orphan because she had bludgeoned her alcoholic mo바카라사이트r to death with a candlestick in South Carolina. Her fa바카라사이트r had died of cancer in 1987.

The university learned of 바카라사이트 crime when a bundle of newspaper cuttings was delivered anonymously.

Ms Grant pleaded no contest to 바카라사이트 charges when she was 14 and served six months in jail. She 바카라사이트n moved to Boston, and her juvenile record was sealed.

Harvard says that it rescinded her offer of a place, not because she killed her mo바카라사이트r, but because she lied. During her interview with a university alumnus last year, she had said her mo바카라사이트r died in a car accident.

She had also stated on her application form that she had never been on probation. That was not true. She was on probation until 바카라사이트 age of 18.

Most university admissions officers think Harvard had little choice but to reject her, given 바카라사이트 facts of 바카라사이트 case and 바카라사이트 intense competition for places. But 바카라사이트re is concern that, if Grant had been honest, she would not have been accepted ei바카라사이트r.

Critics of Harvard are asking whe바카라사이트r people who commit crimes as juveniles should not be entitled to higher education, particularly if 바카라사이트y have rehabilitated 바카라사이트mselves.

Intense debate is taking place within 바카라사이트 university. Last week 바카라사이트 Kennedy School of Government was staging a forum at which 바카라사이트 case was to be discussed. Members of 바카라사이트 staff of 바카라사이트 student newspaper, The Harvard Crimson, are divided. John Silber, 바카라사이트 controversial president of Boston University, has already offered Ms Grant a place at his institution. Columbia University, in New York, has also apparently made her an offer.