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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How are they able to attract such strong students and still increase their diversity numbers YoY?[/quote]

Because they are still giving racial preferences. Will likely be added to any future lawsuit in addition to Yale and other schools whose diversity numbers didn’t drop. [/quote]
There’s no standing for this argument. No, increasing the amount of students on financial aid isn’t illegal. They do not even have access to the race of students, so this is a ridiculous assertion that is fueled by people who can’t fathom that there are qualified students of color.[/quote]

I’m not questioning anyone’s qualifications, but you are ignoring reality to push your agenda. Let’s assume for the sake of argument that all racial groups in the applicant pool are equally qualified. And that race is not itself a qualification. The only way to go from 5% or less of the applicant pool to 15% of the student body is by taking race into account. You might be okay with that, but I don’t see how you can claim this doesn’t happen without taking race into account. 
Just because the school doesn’t see a race box does not mean they don’t know a student’s race.  Kids put things like black student union or Hispanic scholar on their application. And then there are the essays (which were purposefully revamped after the Court’s decision) asking about identity and community. Then add in some last names that are give aways.  And there you have it. Schools look at all of these and they do take them into account.  I’m not looking to get into whether that’s appropriate or not. But it’s undeniable that it is happening still. [/quote]

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