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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wonder if my lily white child should get a DNA test to see if she qualifies for a minority card like Senator Warren?[/quote]

Haha......my daughter asked the same thing.  She was hoping there was a native american great grandmother somewhere in our past.[/quote]

My mom recently did a DNA test and the results showed she was majorly Hispanic. A huge surprise bc she grew up believing her ancestors were French. Maybe my DD will choose to check the Hispanic box on her college applications. [/quote]

That is not what colleges care about anymore.

They are looking for '"1st generation to attend college" "s1t gen am" or "spent time is foster care" race really is useless on apps now

You still could dump your kid into the foster care system.[/quote]

What planet do you live on?  Race remains a major factor in admissions. [/quote]

No. If 2 people have the exact same background but different race, they will be measured the same. If they had a "different" background they will be measured differently ... Like the white girl that worked as a janitor in her school. [/quote]

Are you just being willfully ignorant or are you truly this ill-informed?  What do you think affirmative action does?  It attempts to balance the playing field by making significant accommodations for URM applicants.  A Princeton study of race and admissions found that on average colleges were giving a 250 point accommodation for black students, something like 150 for latinos and a negative 70 for asians. Try and educate yourself on a topic before spouting off your nonsense.[/quote]

Are you being willfully ignorant or are you truly this ill-informed? You think an Asian with a father who owns a company (I know rare) is measure the same way an Asian from Wootton HS. They are not. The Asian with a hook will get the same advantage as any kid with a hook.

You think a white lacrosse player at Harvard has the same SAT scores as a white person without a hook?

You think that a black student who is a recruited athlete has the same SAT scores as a black kid who does not play a sport.

You can't lump kids/races ... the math is not telling you the story.

A hispanic girl who is a 3rd generation american with rich parents and ancestors from Spain are not measured with the same stick as a hispanic girl who came to this country from El Salvador at 12. Her score that is 150 points lower than a white kid with food and tutors is way more impressive and tells a better story than your 150 points.  [/quote]
Great- so let's base it on SES then.[/quote]

or base it on the kids that are the most interesting and throw the BS testing away. [/quote]

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