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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]European way, at least in the UK, is also somewhat holistic. Academic proficiency matters more there, though, and I think they consider the right mix of holistic and academic qualifications.

Not sure their system would work in the US unless we also switched to making kids lock in their majors when they enter college. For example, great math and physics test scores are going to matter if you want to major in physics, but not so much history. [/quote]

Top U.K. schools practice hardcore DEI to ensure that they are not completely dominated by private school kids.[/quote]
[b]The DEI that they use is mostly by income and location.  IMO, that's fine.  [/b]Also, UK schools mostly look at your test scores. They don't really care that much about your extra curriculars, so their students aren't [/quote]

That is the type of DEI practiced by the UCs in California which cause howling by Asian families here on DCUM. [/quote]
I don't think most Asian Americans, especially immigrants are against SES based diversity given that there are actually a fair amount of low income Asian families in CA.

-signed an Asian American originally from SoCal

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/03/27/key-facts-about-asian-americans-living-in-poverty/[/quote]

I think that is great but the Bay Area Asian community has a very different view of things.[/quote]
PP here..  Interesting you say that.  I lived in both Socal and the Bay Area.  Most people, including Asian Americans, recognize that lower income students need a boost. It's the race based affirmative action that they disagree with.    Asian Americans as a whole may have  higher income than most due to them largely being in the STEM field, but many are children of immigrants who were once lower income.

I will say that those Asian Americans who are recent immigrants and are educated are the ones who probably don't even want SES diversity.   These folks have little sympathy for lower income people.  IMO, these are the folks who are Trump voters. He also has little sympathy for poor people.[/quote]

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