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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder what will happen if/when whites at the Ivy Leagues start feeling that they are being edged out by Asians in regard to admissions. [/quote]

If the admission system is race-blind and based on demonstrated academic achievement, I will “start feeling” (as you put it) the system is finally fair.

If my white child is not admitted, I will assume other students simply demonstrated superior academic performance.  And that would be fair.  Fine with it.[/quote]

The admission system is most certainly not going to be based on academic merit.  Never had been and never will be.[/quote]

Admission decisions should not be based solely on academic merit.  I have no doubt that HYP receives enough applicants who score 100% on SAT to fill the entire first class.  But academic merit is not the only requirement for a successful life.  In the sports arena, there are dozens, if not more, of examples with hugely natural talent who never lived up to their potential.[/quote]

SAT measures how well you take a standardized test. Nothing more.[/quote]

Do you feel the same way about the MCAT and LSAT?[/quote]

I don’t know much about those vocational school exams. I took the GRE. Yes, all measure how well you can take a standardized test. Classic example is the TOEFL, a standardized test to see how well foreign students understand English. Every year we got Chinese students who had perfect scores on the test but could not communicate in English. [/quote]

Vocational test? That's an understatement for getting into law school and medical school. [/quote]

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