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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Am I missing something?  Wasn't the whole Supreme Court Anti-affirmative action case about this?  It will be illegal for any school to use his race against him when he applies.[/quote]

NP here.  Each group (Asians, whites and URMs) are competing against their own demographic from their respective high school. Colleges can only accept so many total students from each high school, so your peers are your competition.  Some colleges will not admit to this, and others have only recently started admitting to this practice.

As an Asian, if you are playing piano or violin (there might be other instruments thought of as "Asian heavy" now), and have high GPA and test score, and don't play a sport (other than racquet sports or golf) - then you are in the same pile as your Asian peers. Affirmative Action has nothing to do with anything, for the record, because URMs (and probably whites) are under separate consideration.  You are competing against your own demographic. Also, be careful where you get your admissions information.  There is much bad information regarding "pointy" and "well rounded" schools, for example.  [/quote]

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