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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]They can’t get rid of athletic preferences or they won’t be able to field a team.  It makes no sense.[/b]

I still don’t see how colleges won’t be able to still keep doing it with.holistic admissions .  The whole process is such a random crapshoot anyway,  [/quote]

Maybe sports really shouldn't be that important to colleges.  Much better things to spend the money on. [/quote]

It's customer-driven, and you don't get to decide where I should spend my money.[/quote]

what customer?  if they want to be business, they should pay taxes like businesses and don't get any State/Federal supports[/quote]

This is a great idea. Make colleges pay taxes on their property and their endowments.[/quote]

No.  They are non profits.  Sorry that is the way it works.  And you would not pay on an endowment in any event -- just on the taxable gains.

But the bigger picture ---- a college with just the best test takers (and most will go back to requiring tests) is not a place most would wantr to be at.  Not enough diveristy of experience and thought.  [/quote]

Is "test-takers" some sort of weird racial euphemism for Asians? Can blacks and Hispanics not be test takers?[/quote]

You missed part of the sentence.  The poster said “diversity of experience and thought.”  They were not referring to race, but go ahead with your race baiting.[/quote]
Can two Asians have diversity of experience and thought?

Can two test-takers have diversity of experience and thought? Why does the act of test-taking remove all the diversity of experience and thought from the test-takers?

Does taking tests turn students into robots? Do test takers spend 24/7 taking tests and never walk outside, don't have hopes and dreams, don't have opinions, don't have culture, family, values?[/quote]

Still not getting it.  The point is that holistic admissions leave room for other accomplishments, geographic diversity, cultural diversity, etc.  Test score alone don’t ensure diversity of thought, interests, etc[/quote]

Why should you be judged based on irrelevant factors that you have no control over, like geographic area, culture and race?

Should colleges take into account physical attractiveness as well?[/quote]

They should.

Time for AA for baldies, shorties and fatties. It's only fair.[/quote]
Well they already are working towards making fatness a URM. Fat women, at least.

You have to give it to liberal women for their ability to shame and guilt everyone into making undesirable traits attractive. [/quote]

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