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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1) The cost of the lottery ticket is higher for Asian American kids than Black kids. I get that at some point admissions is a lottery for the most selective schools, but you cannot get around the fact that the floor of SAT scores is much lower for Black and Hispanic students than Asian ones.
2) I am not confident that AOs appreciate and take into account the huge differences within the Asian American community with regard to income and parent education.
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Honest question, why aren't you screaming from the rooftops about the mostly-white legacy students who make up 30% or so of the incoming classes of these universities, compared to the less than 5% of black kids?  You know that it's much more likely one of those kids "stole" the spot others think they are entitled to.  How much does *their* lottery ticket cost?[/quote]

I think that the folks screaming about Affirmative Action know that their children and grandchildren are unlikely to be Black, but they think that if they can just get rid of Affirmative Action wihle keeping legacy admission, it might benefit them down the road.

This is about preserving the option of legacy admission just in case it benefits them and/or future generations, while getting rid of the factors unlikely to benefit them/future generations. [/quote]

Everyone…this is it.

The Asians admitted to the top schools don’t give a rats a** about the ones who aren’t.

And once they are in the club, they are just as likely to want to preserve legacy as the white lax bro.[/quote]

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