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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For all this hand-wringing about diversity, look at a sports roster, especially in a women’s sport, at an Ivy/NESCAC/Centennial/UAA/Patriotic League school. Zero diversity. [/quote]

This is true, but I think people are missing the real purpose of DEI/holistic admissions which is to defend white seats at these institutions from Asians. It’s a deflection. Sure, a few extra percentage points of the student body may go to black students. But the real goal is to make sure 50-75 percent of all seats don’t go to Asian students, which could be the case if SAT and GPA were the only or the dominant criteria. DEI paradigms shift the focus to black and Hispanic access while preserving systems that advantage whites over Asians (sports and legacy). However, increasingly, Asians are doing well in sports, at least ones that don’t require being physically large. [/quote]

You are pretty behind on this.  
Asians have higher scores on ECs, Leadership, Interview, everything on top of SAT & GPA except the courage likeability bullshit

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Fair enough, this is true. Asians have been able to adapt to the changing rules of the game. But elite college sports in particular seems to still be dominated by rich white kids. In any event, DEI/holistic gives schools cover to engineer the racial mix they want. Saying we have too many Asians so we need to give preference to white kids doesn’t sound good, so instead they say we need appropriate diversity and some kind of proportionality in order to give blacks and Hispanics a leg up (while in the background capping Asians)[/quote]

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