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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know two of the ACHS kids that got in. Both applied as URM and both are lying. One of them is also just a massive POS as a person as is their mother.[/quote]

Psst. Hey sweetie. Not sure if you're aware, but race-based affirmative action was struck down by the Supreme Court. It doesn't matter if they're lying (assuming they even exist).[/quote]

Hey Sweetie, Don’t know if you heard, but kids can write about it in their supplemental diversity essay or common app essay and it can be used that way.

They can also use the kid’s name and zip code. [/quote]

DP here.  It is absolutely used, without a doubt.  I know students who would have not otherwise been admitted. [/quote]

OFC it's used. It's just not "quotas" and it's not explicit. There are LOTS of proxies for affirmative-action of all types to achieve the race, gender, SES, etc. mix the schools want. Anyone who doesn't admit that is pretty willfully ignorant.

I'm not commenting on the right/wrong of doing so. But, it is possible to get what they want w/o the traditional understanding of "affirmative action."[/quote]

Again, what proof in a post SC ruling do you have that affirmative action was used? Not what you think they could do, not what you might do, but bona fide proof.[/quote]

These people don't have any proof. All they have is the same belief they've held since before the ruling: that black and Latino students at elite universities stole the spots from more deserving white and Asian students. We'll never have merit in their eyes, no matter what the law says.[/quote]

First of all no one stole anything from me. I was first Gen at a sh—-y state school in the Midwest. My kid isnt college aged yet. I have no dog in the fight.

Second of all, you’re chip on your shoulder comments about what I believe are simple not true. You know sh— about me or my beliefs. And you cannot be further from the truth.

Third, will “affirmative action “ as you are using it be gone? Yes. But schools can absolutely “shape” their class using other proxies. They also have that right. And they will do that. Why do you think they ask for the other information beyond test scores and objective metrics? Just being nosy? Lol.

You can argue whether they SHOULD shape classes using non-score/gpa information. But you cannot legitimately argue that information won’t be used. It will. It is. [/quote]

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