Id. as a result of the denial of her admission into the LSA, plaintiff Gratz has attended the University of Michigan at Dearborn instead. Id. as a result of his denial of admission into the LSA, he has attended Michigan State University instead. He still desires to attend the LSA and would transfer to the LSA if offered an opportunity. He intends to apply to transfer if defendants' discriminatory admissions system is eliminated. The LSA's application for admission requests that applicants disclose their race.
Defendants take an applicant's race into account when making admissions decisions.
Certain racial groups receive more favorable treatment than others in the admissions process. The result is that students from the favored racial groups have a significantly greater chance of admission than students with similar credentials from disfavored racial groups. Id. Plaintiffs Gratz and Hamacher, as white applicants, were not members of one of the favored racial groups. The unlawful grounds on which plaintiffs were denied admission have caused them to sustain various damages, including humiliation, emotional distress, pain and suffering and economic damages. Complaint at pp.