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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where is the guarantee that this won't be used to devalue SAT scores for students with low adversity index?  College Board doesn't address this in any of their communications that I've seen.  David Coleman was interviewed on a network news program and he sounded really nervous and said nothing of substance because he knows it's bogus.  [/quote]

No mystery here:  some marginal applicants of privilege ain’t getting in.  FSU dean said as much.[/quote]

[b]that's been the case for decades[/b]

marginal URM have no business going to many of these schools.  Hopefully they will get weeded out[/quote]

No it hadn't been the case for decades.  My boyfriend in college and all his friends were total slackers who got Cs and some Ds.  All of them white upper middle class.  They also all ended up with excellent jobs due to connections.  This adversity score is a counterbalance to the benefits UMC kids receive.  Now you know how URMs who have no control over their race and were systematically excluded felt.  There are studies that show that equally qualified black men are still less likely to be hired then their white counterparts.  The next time you judge an individual of color based on overall stereotypes rather than giving them the initial benefit of the doubt as an individual, think about how you feel when your kids are being "unfairly" impacted by things entirely out of their control.  [/quote]

Jobs and college admissions are two different things. [/quote]

I take that to mean you're going to continue to use your stereotypes to be bigoted against others, and be mad if you and your family are in anyway negativey impacted based on things outside your control.  Regarding your claim that jobs and college are two different things.  Being discriminated against in the job market perpetuates the continued lower earning power of URMs, which reduces the resources available to the families for education, tutors, extracurriculars, which then is your basis for calling them marginal and therefore not worthy of a spot at a decent college.  [/quote]

Try to let go of whatever anger and jealousy you have toward these people you knew in college.[/quote]

I don't have anger or jealous toward them, they were my friends.  My point was that the statement that marginal white candidates haven't been getting in for decades is false.  Also, maybe you need to let go of your anger toward URMs you feel are inderserving, and your anger about the adversity score?  [/quote]

Your command of the english language is atrocious.  [/quote]

You may be right about my command of the English language, but at least I am not worried about some poor kid who has had disadvantages in life benefiting from the adversity score.  [/quote]

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