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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This case is going nowhere. Those stats are run of the mill at those schools, regardless of ethnicity. [/quote]

However 1450 kids get accepted with certain skin color or rich parents over 1590 kid because....  courage, kindness, and likability?

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You are overestimating the importance of and the difference between those scores. 1450 is the 96th percentile, which is certainly worthy of Harvard. You cross the 1400 threshold, and then it's &quot;what else ya got?&quot; Scores are a tiny part of the equation, and they are not viewed in a force-rank fashion: high enough is enough; higher than enough isn't better.[/quote]

Non-ALDC Harvard admits are 99+%ile in something, not merely 96%ile. That tier is &lt;40K admits out of 4million high school graduates.

1450 and majoring in art or music performance?

1450 and majoring in STEM? No way.[/quote]

Yes way.  Completely unrelated to this lawsuit, I just don't get these people who are so hung up on these numbers and this one test. You just dont' get it. Learn something. [/quote]

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