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Looks very much like racial discrimination against Asian students.

We'll see the outcome from the US Supreme Court.

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If I was part of admissions committee and received the aggregate feedback of  2 LORs and guidance counselor ( from kid's own school!) and alumni interviewer about a given applicant,  I'm not surprised that the personality score was low.

As the lower courts have ruled, this doesn't prove discrimination.

And...what in the heck does this have to do with affirmative action? Whites are being compared to Asians in the chart,  not URMs.[/quote]

?? why? Asian students are on par on LORs and have higher score on interview.

They were being nice, so only compared it to Whites.
Imagine comparing it to Blacks/Hispanics   [/quote]

The lower scores came from the applicant's own teachers and guidance counselor!

The alumni interviewer's score was low.

THREE relatively low scores from three different sources.

The admissions committee reviews thousands of applications: they are not going to meet most applications in person. Their scoring is based on the data received.

No discrimination.

Weak "evidence" and probably cherry picked.

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You seem to have trouble reading data:

[img]https://preview.redd.it/vjiigsk9amx91.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=489804b270ea52bc2d40072c0ccda2262fd01286[/img]

Alumni interviewer = much higher than white
Teacher rec1 = a bit higher than white
Teacher rec2 = a bit higher than white
Personal interviewer = a bit higher than white
Guidance counselor = a bit lower than white

AO = much lower than white

There is clearly racial discrimination going on.  
WTF are you going on about?[/quote]

DP. This looks the profile of a grade grubber. High scores and boxes checked, but makes no extraordinary impression on people who deal with them day by day. Alumni interview is puff. We all know that, here we see it quantified. This is cherry picking.[/quote]

Others see thru the grade grubbing/top scores only and ECs just to check boxes.  Their own GC rates them lower....someone who knows them and typically writes their recommendations based on the "cheat sheet" the student gives them....so that demonstrates precisely this, that they don't have the "it" factor---they have worked hard to check all the boxes thru testing, rigorous courses, but not on recommendations.  That is the nuanced differences that mean an acceptance and a WL or a rejection[/quote]

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