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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why don’t the T30 (Ivys, S, MIT, top SLACs, etc) simply fill their schools with these high performers rather than affirmative action for Whites and all the rest?[/quote]
Because diverse student bodies offer a better undergraduate experience than one with only academic grinds. [b]This coming from someone who was admitted to HYPS schools solely due to academics. I would've hated college if everyone were just like me. [/b]The experience was so much better being around peers who were stars in their own non-academic areas -- whether athletics, arts, etc. but could also hold their own academically.

I learned as much from them as from my professors.[/quote]

You've have hated college if everyone were just like you and you were admitted to HYPS schools solely due to academics.

Do you support that your HYPS school did not admit you, and you went to a state college?[/quote]

Do you also support that your HYPS school will not admit your kids, and they will attend to a state college?[/quote]

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