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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many seem to be glossing over what Harvard is accused of. At its heart there are two key issues.

1). Why does Harvard rate Asian kids consistently and persistently low to very low on likability, courage, kindness and being widely respected? Imagine if Harvard had been rating blacks and Latinos similarly over the years?

2). How/why does Harvard send recruitment letters to many black applicants with SAT scores of around 1100 but the same threshold applies to Asian men @1380 SAT? We are not talking 10 or 20 pts. Many may not understand that the SAT scores range is not linear...........280 pts. is a massive difference.

Harvard admissions claims that race is never a positive or negative factor but its process says otherwise. The question is does its rigged process rise to the level of actionable legal malfeasance.[/quote]

They answered the #1 question very directly. The “personal” rating comes directly from the applicants’ teacher and counselor recommendations and alumni interviews. Unless you think all the teachers and Harvard alums in America are in on the conspiracy, I don’t see how that’s Harvard’s fault. [/quote]

Harvard admissions officers are actually lowering the personality ratings given to Asian American students by the people who have actually met the students. Teachers, counselors, and alumni interviewers are giving the AsAm applicants higher personality ratings than what the admissions officers are giving. So what justifies this lowering of personality scores? It seems that the finger is pointing to racist views of AsAm students as robotic overachievers with no personality. There is no substantive justification for this, except to find some way to reduce the number of AsAm acceptances.[/quote]

Can you share articles where it says they are actually lowering the personal score? According to this WSJ article it looks like the scores come right from recommendations and interviews: https://www.wsj.com/articles/harvard-cites-weaker-teacher-recommendations-for-asian-american-applicants-1539721051[/quote]

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