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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]AA is a travesty in large part because of the significant disparity in the qualifications of URM applicants vs. the general applicant pool.  I'd be all for putting a finger on the scale in favor of URMs everything else being more or less equal....that would be fair.  I believe a saw a study that detailed the qualification gap for legacy admits and it was significantly less than URMs but still meaningful.  I'd be fine with the finger on the scale here as well given the benefits to the university......alumni loyalty, giving, etc.[/quote]

Why do the URM applicants have lower qualifications?[/quote]

Because the universities handicap their scores, on balance, to recruit a sufficient number to meet their URM quotas. Of course that's not to say that there aren't URMs that are off the charts and wouldn't have needed any help but on balance, they do.  Princeton did a study on the extent of the handicap a while back....just google it.  I saw another study that I think was authored by a Harvard professor that analyzed the qualification gaps for legacies and athletes.  Put the two of them together and you get a better picture of what is going on in admissions. I've always been curious about the quantifiable benefit of lesser hooks like geographic diversity or first-time college.[/quote]

You did not answer the question.  I asked [b][u]why [/u][/b]URMs have lower qualifications.[/quote]

NP - If you are such a dumb ass and incapable of doing your own research and figure out rational reasons why URMs, on average, have lower metrics than other groups, you will not understand if someone else on this forum gives you the reasons.  Besides, your statement that URMs have lower qualifications without saying "on average" indicates that you are blinded by racism.  FWIW I am not URM and nor am I a person of no color!  [/quote]

I wanted to know why YOU thought it was (assuming you are the poster), and what you suggested be done about it.

Does that make me a "dumb ass"? If so, then so be it.

I am also not URM but strongly in favor of URM preferences in admissions as per "The Shape Of The River".

Would have been easy for me to point out your assumptive error with ad hominem also.  That never helps though. I suggest you rethink that approach.[/quote]

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