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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After listening to the hours of oral argument yesterday, I am confident the Court will hold that the use of race standing alone (i.e., check the box) is illegal. However, there are plenty of other factors they can consider such as socioeconomic status, ability to overcome hardship (as demonstrated in essays), etc. In the end, this will impact the make up of student bodies in the following way (according to models, what's happening at schools that have already made these changes): there will be more Asians, fewer whites, more Latinos, and fewer blacks. Is that good or bad? I don't know, but if whites think this is what's going to get your kid into Harvard, think again.[/quote]

It simply isn't true that these schools are as coveted as USNWR makes it out to be. Harvard has a low admissions percentage, but it gets less than half the number of applicants that other colleges get. Of the more than 2 million high school students who apply to college only a little over 1% even apply to Harvard. This is an issue of interest to far fewer people than you may believe.[/quote]

+1 this is an issue for approximately 100 schools in the US.[/quote]

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