isn t mismatch a theory that says if you got in by virtue of any assistance, i don t mind telling the two of you i was a legacy at lehigh university as an undergraduate, mismatch would apply to me in as far as i got in by virtue of my brother and father having attended that school, if, in fact, i struggled when i got there, which thank god wasn t the case. is that the theory? if the preference amounts to 50 s.a.t. points, that s not going to keep you from succeeding, but if it s 200 s.a.t. points, that creates a barrier and makes it more likely you re going to learn less in school, if you want to go in the sciences you re going to drop off the science track. it has a variety of negative affects. what mismatch is trying to do is study those. what s disturbing about the reaction to scalia s comment is it typifies this absolute denial by universities and a lot of mismatch critics that this is even an issue. they want to pretend it s not there. reeva, was the criticism of justice sca