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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is bizarre. The question is asking why Harvard is 51% minority while the country is only 37% minority. Harvard admits 22% Asians, more than 4x  or 17% higher than the national fraction of Asian-Americans (4.8%)...a margin that is more than sufficient to explain the different between 37% vs 51% minority.

Any y'all are fixated on the 2% over-representation of black Americans?

No wonder your kids won't get into Harvard. You lack basic reasoning skills.

-- Harvard PhD[/quote]
Do I really need to break this out to you

We are talking about one of the best schools in the country which should have the best students in the country attending not proportional representation

Bet you are a liberal
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I don't know where you are getting that I'm suggesting that Harvard should have proportional representation. But, the entire premise of this thread is that Harvard's minority fraction is larger than the US minority fraction. I'm responding to that premise and offering a more nuanced perspective.

What I tried to do is assess how anomalous Harvard's student demographics are. The largest anomalous population is Asian...which makes sense based on overall HS performance. Black Americans are only slightly over-represented, though ultimately we're talking about 15% of about 2000 people. In other words, 300 students. You're telling me you don't believe that there are 300 black students in the entire country who are qualified to go to Harvard? You're really going to argue that? And you're talking down to me?

I'm sorry that your kid didn't get into Harvard, I truly am since it seems like you will never get over it. But if you are so concerned about their future, maybe start by learning some basic reasoning skills and passing them along to your kid instead of just reacting emotionally to things you think are unfair.[/quote]

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