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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. [b]Yes, all measure how well you can take a standardized test.[/b] 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]

That not how admissions officers see it. WITHIN racial/ethnic groups, higher standardized tests scores are highly correlated with increased probability of admission to any program. This is true on the SAT, ACT, MCAT, LSAT and GRE.

Clearly admissions officers believe that standardized test results reveal something important. [/quote]

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