Law isn't code. Believe it or not judges, and regular people, can suss out when someone is trying to be clever with their illegal discrimination. If admission

Law isn't code. Believe it or not judges, and regular people, can suss out when someone is trying to be clever with their illegal discrimination. If admission to a college is based on a standardized test that is administered only on Sunday mornings, no one is going to buy that it is not designed to discriminate against devout Christians. It doesn't matter if the college swears up and down that that's the only day they have proctors or testing sites available. You don't have to say or even imply you're doing it for an illegal reason. Unless there's a legitimate reason for applying whatever criteria you choose to apply, you have to check whether they're a proxy for a protected class. This definitely applies to hiring. I see no reason why it shouldn't apply to college admissions. Does having a parent who studied at Harvard better qualify a student to study there?