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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hasn't SCOTUS already decided on the constitutionality of affirmative action? So glad taxpayer funds will be going to what's *really* important.[/quote]
Yes screw little Johnny who got s 1600 SAT. he needs to give up his seat to Harvard because racism, right?[/quote]
To little Jamal who also got a 1600? Maybe.

But you know that government can't tell Harvard who to admit, I hope.[/quote]

That would be one thing but universities are giving preference to Jamal with a 1300 over mr white 1600. [/quote]

Maybe Jamal with 1300 has a much more interesting back story to his life, has done a lot more admirable things, is a much better writer, a more talented inventor, won more awards, is a kinder person than Johnny who took 5 prep courses to get his perfect score but has never been out of his little cocoon of privilege and who obviously had help writing his essay.

I know which candidate I'd prefer.[/quote]

DP. But you're just making up a sympathetic story. Johnny could be the one with the "interesting back story," not Jamal. AA isn't based on who possesses a certain back story; it's based on who possesses a certain skin color. [/quote]

So, are you on an admissions committee and are telling us a particular story about particular candidates?

[b]Admissions committees don't just look at skin color.[/b] They look at the whole package.  And yes, non-academic factors come into play.  I'm a white person who got into an Ivy League school with that 1300 SAT score and you know what I am almost certain put me over in the yes pile?  The fact that I was from a poor rural midwestern area from where they rarely received applications.  An admissions officer as much told me so.  I probably prevented a Connecticut Johnny with his 1600 SAT score from getting in.

But he probably got in elsewhere so i don't feel so bad about it.
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I don't think anyone remotely suggested that Admissions committees ONLY look at skin color. [/quote]

From what I've read on this thread it seems people are suggesting admissions committees shouldn't be able to consider race at all.  Maybe they shouldn't be able to consider any other non-academic factors at all. I'm sure that would make for a great class makeup. [b] Maybe they should just take all the highest SAT scorers, put their name in a bag, and pull out names at random.[/b]  Because of course SAT is the only indicator of a good college student.

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Not a bad idea.  I would include HS GPA though. [/quote]

Which, of course, even in combination are not the only indicators of college success.  The fact is that even the top schools want students who aren't "just" getting amazing grades and do well on the SAT; they want students who have varied backgrounds and experiences and who demonstrate leadership and other capabilities.  That's not something that just looking at the SAT will give you.

And last time I checked, schools weren't being over run with black kids. Or latino kids. Or any other ethnic minority to the disadvantage of white people. So Trump and his gang of clowns focusing "fixing" a bogus issue - a non issue - just to win points with his bigoted base.  
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