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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He should sue and he should win. These kids work their tails off and then they are rejected because of race. It's outrageous.[/quote]

Says who? Prove that. Show empirically that those schools chose someone else instead of this guy because of race. Berkeley? You seen the student population of Berkeley? You think Asians are being rejected from Berkeley because they are Asian? Are we serious right now?[/quote]

+1.  Take a trip to Carnegie Mellon.  It doesn't look like discrimination to me.  :roll: [/quote]
How many URM apply to CMU and get rejected vs how many Asian Americans apply and get rejected?[/quote]

Fact is, the URM who knows about, has someone pushing them to apply to CMU is likely not "just someone with the gpa and Sat and nothin else" they are most likely a highly motivated, driven, student who has genuinely volunteered, is passionate about their work, etc.  These schools are not just saying "oh you are a URM, we must admit you" They are admitting top students, who just happen to be URM.

The fact that someone with a bright kid can feel the need to put their name in the spotlight and actually sue universities because their kid was not in the 5% admitted shows a fairly high level of privilege right there.   I'm fairly certain there were plenty of applicants with similar profiles who were also rejected along with that kid.  It's not like the acceptance rate is 80% and their 1580 student was rejected (and even then, schools can do that, because they think the kid isn't serious about attending---that is legal)[/quote]

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