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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One odd thing about any discussion of minorities & admissions is that much of the rhetoric seems to be based on the premise that admissions workers belong to a racist cabal & therefore they need to be forced into giving URMs an even shake.

But I’ve never heard anyone claim that admissions workers are any different from the soft-hearted people in other college departments. In fact, since they deal with a wider cross-section of the general public than most college workers, they are are probably among the quickest to tire of entitled students & their pushy parents, and become eager to give the humble masses fair treatment.

If all that is true, the goal should be to give everyone a fair chance, not trying to figure out ways to ensure identity is still a key criterion.

—Parent of 2 URM kids[/quote]

I am afraid you have not read in the Harvard case how those friendly admissions workers manipulated personality scores to target Asian minorities and make them less likely to join the club.

It's quite eye-opening. [/quote]
Why do you think Harvard AOs, who reject almost every application they get, are a good example of the average AO?[/quote]

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