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[quote=Anonymous]I don't have a problem.  I think it's great that a board at an institution who has been successful for 400 years is asking the questions.  As to sports, I have an athlete and love college sports.  But I don't understand why it is okay for an athlete to meet a lower bar for admissions at any school.  I don't believe that same degree of consideration is afforded other ECs as athletics is the main driver for likely letters..  I am also a strong believer in diversity but I think that comes more from income levels and background culture than from the color of one's skin.  You certainly don't have to agree.  I believe this board was to just air opinions.  Yours is just different than mine and certainly I doubt Harvard is going to listen to either of us.  But they are in a very powerful position to enact change.  It's too bad they couldn't make eliminating early admission happen years ago.  Some really smart people were right that it is a disservice to our kids but no one wanted to listen.  And no I don't think that the best and brightest are having trouble getting into and attending college because fortunately there's a lot of them.  The question was whether Harvard's process is working for them and what downward impact would it have on other institutions.   [/quote]

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