While I do not know if it is true that is what I was told but of course I can not speak of admissions practices I really am unfamiliar with certainty but I direct your attention to the following:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/23/opinion/23britz.html http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...51C1A96E958260
To be honest it may play no role in admissions but I was not trying to exaggerate and I apoligize if it seemed that way...but i was told what I said before