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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do they even need the data? They should get rid of it all.

Though as someone else said, if you aren't smart enough to drop it in your essay ("As president of my school's black students association..."), you aren't smart enough to go to the school.[/quote]

Exactly!
My kids are Black and they will work it all day long.   [/quote]

My kids cited their background/ culture in essays from an inspirational standpoint. That's allowed.  However,  they had 4.0+ GPAs and 1500+ scores too.

The elites schools will get the best URMs.

Ignorant people think just saying you're black in an essay will get you into Harvard.[/quote]

There's less than 1000 black students with a 1500 SAT score.  I don't think people think these are the kids that don't belong at top schools.  But a black student with a scooter in the 1300s probably shouldn't be there.  [/quote]

If that’s the case, neither should the white legacy and donor kids in the 1300s. There's a whole lot more of THOSE cases. [/quote]

It's annoying when people claim low-scoring legacy kids get into Ivies bc it is categorically false. My dc won't even apply to my Ivy where older dc is at bc no chance w 1400. The lowest score I have ever heard of legacy getting in anywhere is 32 ACT. Legacy kids are smart bc IQ is inherited obviously.

Now VIP offspring, that's different story.[/quote]

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