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[quote=Anonymous][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]

You are absolutely correct.   No student is owed admission to any college, regardless of their skin color. [/quote]

The corollary is these schools can absolutely and validly decide they want a representative cohort of different races and choose students based on skin color, even if that comes at the expense of a student of a different skin color with a different set or characteristics, including higher test scores. These are private institutions. They can do this. It is still America. [/quote]

Soon America won't allow any form of discrimination.
They shouldn't and won't be able to do that.

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