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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This year an Asian-American boy who was a USAMO camper was rejected by not only MIT but also CMU.  Most DCUMs don’t know what USAMO camp is.  It’s a pool of 250-300 best math students in the US competing for a spot on the USA Math Olympic Team.  There are only 6 students on the national team. Then they compete against other countries in the Intl Math Olympiad.  In the past, making USAMO cam was a guaranteed ticket to MIT.  Not anymore.  Especially if you are an Asian boy. [/quote]

No student is owed admission to any college, regardless of their accomplishments.[/quote]

People also fail to realize that when affirmative action is overruled, these schools still can't accommodate all the kids with the perfect scores and grades, etc.  Then what?  There is no way these schools will adopt a system like China or India, which many people would like...

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You are correct.

Hopefully the "Then what?" Is that URMs won't get blamed when mr. or miss "merit" gets rejected from a highly selective,  or shall we say, rejective college.[/quote]

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