Reply to Harvard + other ivy schools

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Harvard + other ivy schools "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a successful attorney who despite my non-ivy undergrad and law school made it.  I am the son of an immigrant and came to this country when I was 6.  My parents knew nothing of the college admission process.  I know have high school-aged kids.

I can tell you affirmative action and legacy are garbage.  It is discriminatory towards other qualified applicants because their ancestors were either slaves or slave owners.

[b]As to legacy specifically, in employment and housing law there is a theory called disparate impact.  This means that if an otherwise neutral policy has a discriminatory impact, it can be challenged.  [/b]

Colleges need to be held accountable to see if legacies are having a disparate impact on minorities, particularly Asian-Americans.  
[/quote]

Anything can be challenged, but to prevail you’d have to prove the disparate impact on a legally protected minority group.  Not likely to prevail here, because on the whole legally protected minority groups get even bigger admissions boosts from elite colleges than legacies.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics