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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let's look at actual data.  This is all from the AAP equity report and reflects the 2018 2nd grade cohort.

For AA kids, 26 were in Pool, 61 were Teacher referred, 179 were parent referred, and 154 of those got accepted to AAP
For Hispanic kids, 72 were in pool, 139 were teacher referred, 199 were parent referred, and 270 got in.
For White kids, 596 were in pool, 114 were teacher referred, 1044 were parent referred, 879 got in.
For Asian kids, 592 were in pool, 79 were teacher referred, 555 were parent referred, and 677 got in.

This means that for AA kids, while only 9.8% of the files evaluated had in pool scores, 57.9% of all AA files were found eligible.  For Asian kids, 48.2% of the files evaluated had in pool scores, and yet only 55% of the files were found eligible.  There was no real difference between the median GBRS scores of AAP eligible kids when broken down by race.

I don't necessarily disagree with giving a leg up to URMs in AAP admissions.  If you look at the data, though, it's ludicrous to imagine that the process is race blind.  
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Except it's completely illegal so it would be even more ludicrous to believe that it is.[/quote]

It isn't illegal.  If it were, there would be no need for the Harvard affirmative action case currently in the Supreme Court docket.  Companies, colleges, and school programs are permitted to build diverse workforces or student bodies.

Also, the selection panel members are not psychics.  There is no way that they would be admitting URM kids at such vastly greater rates and generally with much lower test scores if they didn't know the race when making the selection.  [/quote]

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