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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Didn't the new admissions policy have the biggest gains for economically disadvantaged Asian students?[/quote]

Yes, low-income Asians were the largest beneficiaries of the admission changes.[/quote]

If you give a preference to low income kids, asian kids are likely to dominate that group.
The asian faith in education is an advantage in wealthy neighborhoods but it's not a huge advantage because everyone values education in wealthy neighborhoods enough to dedicate their plentiful resources towards education.  Asians just do it at a higher rate.
But in poorer neighborhoods, not everyone values education enough to dedicate scarce resources.  Poor asian families are far more inclined to make the painful sacrifices necessary to compete with their more affluent peers.

If you think social mobility is an important aspect of TJ's mission then this is good.
But if you think that academic excellence and serving the rare academic talents is also a part of their mission then you should support reinstating standardized tests.
I remember in 2020, the test optional or test blind movement sin colleges was an argument for why TJ should get rid of the test.
By that logic, shouldn't the recent move back to rest required (especially in light of the research regarding highly competitive environments) compel us to reinstate standardized testing?

Keep the FARM preference if you must.  But adjust the 1.5% to account for center schools like Twain and Edison and reinstate the test.   Once you do that you will see that a lot of the qualified poor kids are going to the center schools and penalizing them for challenging themselves in middle school is exactly the wrong thing to do.[/quote]

Even low-income Asians benefit from unearned Asian privilege.  Which is why[b] Asians, specifically, must be excluded[/b].[/quote]
must be excluded? Of course, the process is race aware, and needs applicant to fill in race to exclude certain kind.  [/quote]

I guess you have to resort to lying when you don't have a valid argument to make.

The admissions process is race blind. 
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