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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think its clearly terrible if colleges are grading Asians down on the soft skills bc of bias. Do they have criteria for how they rate things like "positive personality" or other non-academic attributes.  It is 100% valid to consider these traits for admissions but they have a process for doing do that isnt lets cut out students we dont like to favor white ppl.

At the same time the argument that [b]the only way[/b] for Harvard to have an unbiased admissions is to "considered only academic achievement" is clearly off. The system we have looks beyond academics bc wider world does too (including ever office ive been in).

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Nobody wants to consider only academic achievement. Admissions need to be race and gender-blind.

It's like the auditions for the greatest orchestras. They used to be composed of nearly 100% men. Do you know what happened when they put up screens between the judges and applicants, and placed carpets on the floor to hide the sound of high heels? The number of women shot up to nearly half the number of accepted candidates.
All because the top people realized they were leaving an untapped pool of talent behind them.

It's high time universities realized that non-whites represent a vast sources of skill and talent that should be put to use. No more affirmative action. The admissions office should not know how the candidate appears (sex, ethnicity, etc), so they can concentrate on who they really are.

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