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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And there goes the low income students![/quote]

My guess is they will also be giving poor students a preference in admissions.
That is what MIT did and their pell grant students went from 20% to 24% of the entering class.[/quote]
I don't really see why this is any more a fair system. I get that poor people aren't a protected class, but it is ridiculous that we attempt to correct education at the finish line.[/quote]

The kids cannot help what families they are born into, and a bright poor kid who gets 1450 on the SAT with minimal prep deserves a space at a Stanford as much as the privileged, tutored, and enriched kid who gets a 1600. 
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Nothing bright about having a 1450. Many poor kids with 1600s and elite educations. Those with the credentials to get in should be the ones getting in, not charity projects that need a ton of resources just to be on level with everyone else. There is no reason to give poor students a boost.[/quote]

That's crazy talk. 1450 is like 97 percentile. The kid is more than qualified at the highest tier of colleges. Above 1400 is an excellent score. [/quote]

23% of asian kids get a 1400 on the SAT.[/quote]

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