Race in college admissions is back in front of the Supreme Court Oral Argument on Oct. 31 (Monday)

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Anonymous wrote:I am a white person with both white kids and asian kids. I do not think my asian kids raised in the same house should have to score 300 points higher on the SAT for the same shot at admissions to my alma mater (Harvard). That is pure racism and I will never vote democrat again after seeing how they support this.

Yeah.. having to score 300 points more than a rich white lax bro for the same shot is a travesty.

Your grievances are misguided.

The truth is that legacy admissions are the real issue.

If your kid can't get into Harvard with that advantage (assuming all of the high dollar test prep and cushy tutoring worked), then sorry.

You can have more than one real issue: legacies, Asian Americans, athletes, etc. They are all problematic.

Actually measuring someone by test scores is the real problem.

We don’t want just people good at tests in colleges.

Give me athletes, artists and legacies over test scores any day

Give me a high-scoring tax atty on the LSAT or high-scoring interventional radiologist on the MCAT any day

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Higher education shoud be mainly for acedemic merit and must be color blind.

Actually, higher education is about far more than just academics.

That’s not an excuse to make it about race. Nice attempt.

So you would be ok attending a school with 95% Asians and Whites.

Majority of schools are already 95% white and asians.

THIS. I’m just starting the process as the parent of a white kid at a HS that is 17% white and it’s amazing to see the lack of diversity at colleges and the bias in admissions. I know this will be shot down but the SCOTOS but it should stay.

The US is only 13% black and 6% Asian. Colleges should be majority white because the US is majority white. The elite colleges that are 50% minority have way over-corrected.

+1

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a white person with both white kids and asian kids. I do not think my asian kids raised in the same house should have to score 300 points higher on the SAT for the same shot at admissions to my alma mater (Harvard). That is pure racism and I will never vote democrat again after seeing how they support this.

Yeah.. having to score 300 points more than a rich white lax bro for the same shot is a travesty.

Your grievances are misguided.

The truth is that legacy admissions are the real issue.

If your kid can't get into Harvard with that advantage (assuming all of the high dollar test prep and cushy tutoring worked), then sorry.

You can have more than one real issue: legacies, Asian Americans, athletes, etc. They are all problematic.

Actually measuring someone by test scores is the real problem.

We don’t want just people good at tests in colleges.

Give me athletes, artists and legacies over test scores any day

Give me a high-scoring tax atty on the LSAT or high-scoring interventional radiologist on the MCAT any day

If you live in affluent area, no problem. Regardless of how admissions are done. But we also need physicians in underserved areas.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a white person with both white kids and asian kids. I do not think my asian kids raised in the same house should have to score 300 points higher on the SAT for the same shot at admissions to my alma mater (Harvard). That is pure racism and I will never vote democrat again after seeing how they support this.

Yeah.. having to score 300 points more than a rich white lax bro for the same shot is a travesty.

Your grievances are misguided.

The truth is that legacy admissions are the real issue.

If your kid can't get into Harvard with that advantage (assuming all of the high dollar test prep and cushy tutoring worked), then sorry.

You can have more than one real issue: legacies, Asian Americans, athletes, etc. They are all problematic.

Actually measuring someone by test scores is the real problem.

We don’t want just people good at tests in colleges.

Give me athletes, artists and legacies over test scores any day

Give me a high-scoring tax atty on the LSAT or high-scoring interventional radiologist on the MCAT any day

If you live in affluent area, no problem. Regardless of how admissions are done. But we also need physicians in underserved areas.

And btw, my high LSAT score was obtained through a prep class paid for by generational wealth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find these anti-diversity posts so uninformed. Don't fret - your kid still won't get into Harvard if affirmative action is struck down.

But they have a better chance at UVA or UNC.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Higher education shoud be mainly for acedemic merit and must be color blind.

Actually, higher education is about far more than just academics.

If they go color-blind, they could still build diversity based on geographic location.

If they get rid of AA, will they also eliminate preferences based on legacy status?

I don’t understand why people don’t get more upset about this than AA.

They already have eliminated legacy status at navy universities and trying to drive up first Gen.

Hopkins President denigrates legacy and boasts about how they have driven down legacy #s.

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The US is only 13% black and 6% Asian. Colleges should be majority white because the US is majority white. The elite colleges that are 50% minority have way over-corrected.

Harvard's class of 2026 is 43% White, 28% Asian, 14% Black, 11% Latino.

Princeton's class of 2026 is nearly 50% White, 25% Asian, 9% Black, 8% Latino.

These schools are still not hitting 2020 census marks with Latino and Black populations; they are far from overrepresented.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Higher education shoud be mainly for acedemic merit and must be color blind.

Actually, higher education is about far more than just academics.

That’s not an excuse to make it about race. Nice attempt.

So you would be ok attending a school with 95% Asians and Whites.

Majority of schools are already 95% white and asians.

THIS. I’m just starting the process as the parent of a white kid at a HS that is 17% white and it’s amazing to see the lack of diversity at colleges and the bias in admissions. I know this will be shot down but the SCOTOS but it should stay.

The US is only 13% black and 6% Asian. Colleges should be majority white because the US is majority white. The elite colleges that are 50% minority have way over-corrected.

Yes. They aren’t representative of America’s demographics as a whole.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a white person with both white kids and asian kids. I do not think my asian kids raised in the same house should have to score 300 points higher on the SAT for the same shot at admissions to my alma mater (Harvard). That is pure racism and I will never vote democrat again after seeing how they support this.

Yeah.. having to score 300 points more than a rich white lax bro for the same shot is a travesty.

Your grievances are misguided.

The truth is that legacy admissions are the real issue.

If your kid can't get into Harvard with that advantage (assuming all of the high dollar test prep and cushy tutoring worked), then sorry.

You can have more than one real issue: legacies, Asian Americans, athletes, etc. They are all problematic.

Actually measuring someone by test scores is the real problem.

We don’t want just people good at tests in colleges.

Give me athletes, artists and legacies over test scores any day

Give me a high-scoring tax atty on the LSAT or high-scoring interventional radiologist on the MCAT any day

If you live in affluent area, no problem. Regardless of how admissions are done. But we also need physicians in underserved areas.

Its a myth, applicants from underserved areas doesn't go back to their communities. Unless there are binding waivers, it doesn't help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a white person with both white kids and asian kids. I do not think my asian kids raised in the same house should have to score 300 points higher on the SAT for the same shot at admissions to my alma mater (Harvard). That is pure racism and I will never vote democrat again after seeing how they support this.

Yeah.. having to score 300 points more than a rich white lax bro for the same shot is a travesty.

Your grievances are misguided.

The truth is that legacy admissions are the real issue.

If your kid can't get into Harvard with that advantage (assuming all of the high dollar test prep and cushy tutoring worked), then sorry.

You can have more than one real issue: legacies, Asian Americans, athletes, etc. They are all problematic.

Actually measuring someone by test scores is the real problem.

We don’t want just people good at tests in colleges.

Give me athletes, artists and legacies over test scores any day

Give me a high-scoring tax atty on the LSAT or high-scoring interventional radiologist on the MCAT any day

If you live in affluent area, no problem. Regardless of how admissions are done. But we also need physicians in underserved areas.

And btw, my high LSAT score was obtained through a prep class paid for by generational wealth.

+1

Mine too!

[Anonymous]

Its not like Obamas stayed in or went back to south side of Chicago, they live privileged lives in Kelorama and Martha's Vineyard, their kids live in LA.

[Anonymous]

Representation matters. If a kid can't see people like her in positions of privilege, she can't imagine getting there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a white person with both white kids and asian kids. I do not think my asian kids raised in the same house should have to score 300 points higher on the SAT for the same shot at admissions to my alma mater (Harvard). That is pure racism and I will never vote democrat again after seeing how they support this.

Yeah.. having to score 300 points more than a rich white lax bro for the same shot is a travesty.

Your grievances are misguided.

The truth is that legacy admissions are the real issue.

If your kid can't get into Harvard with that advantage (assuming all of the high dollar test prep and cushy tutoring worked), then sorry.

You can have more than one real issue: legacies, Asian Americans, athletes, etc. They are all problematic.

Actually measuring someone by test scores is the real problem.

We don’t want just people good at tests in colleges.

Give me athletes, artists and legacies over test scores any day

I can see the argument for artists, and maybe athletes - but when you add legacy that suggests to me that you are OK with racial discrimination.

Legacies are rich families that provide you contacts with people that will fund your art, etc. they should be helping get jobs/internships/etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its not like Obamas stayed in or went back to south side of Chicago, they live privileged lives in Kelorama and Martha's Vineyard, their kids live in LA.

President Obama attended a prep school in Hawaii. He’s not from Chicago.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Its not like Obamas stayed in or went back to south side of Chicago, they live privileged lives in Kelorama and Martha's Vineyard, their kids live in LA.

President Obama attended a prep school in Hawaii. He’s not from Chicago.

But Mrs. Obama did return to Chicago after law school.