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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone who thinks URMs don't get huge bumps at ivies is kidding themselves. Further more, admissions spots are fungible so to the poster that says that Asians compete against other Asians and whites only for spots means there is a de facto URM target enrollment quota that schools aim for every year.

The reason why I know URMs get a huge bump is because I posted before how my company asks for standardized test scores and transcripts from UG and  MBA a [/quote]

I'm the poster you referred to. Of course there is a target URM enrollment. There is also a target legacy, sports, merit, etc.  If there was no affirmative action, the number of URM's would decrease to about 3% black and 4% Hispanic at most top 20 schools. However, this doesn't mean the number of Asian students would significantly increase to make up the difference.  I guarantee that the number of white students would be proportionally higher. I have set on committees where it was clearly stated that no group should be over represented. Everyone in the room knows what that means.[/quote]

Then you admit there is implicit quotas being adhered to which is illegal even under current affirmative action laws.

This is why Texas and other schools keep refusing to give data to support if their plans are "working" or not because they know if the support their aa plans with empirical data it will run foul of the quota issue[/quote]

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