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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Someone apparently thinks that people like me who want to stop asian admissions discrimination actually care if it also gets rid of legacy, EA/ED, and athletic admission bias. I don't want any bias in admissions but I don't think the whattaboutism is relevant. OP low IQ confirmed[/quote]

Athletic scholarship at Duke - ran track.  Had grades and scores in the top 25 percent of admitted students, a fact that the dean of the school never ceased to remind me.  Yes, I received a big admissions bonus (third in the nation in high school in my event), but I hardly was the recipient of material admissions bias and likely need not need it.   My teammates (mostly walk-ons) were by and large fantastic students, with 5 of them becoming physicians and several going to top law ans business schools.  The top 10-15 schools have their pick of athletes with very good academic credentials.  It is not an area where there is a large amount of bias when it comes to the most competitive schools.  At Duke, typically talking about 2-3 people in basketball, if that because some players are very adept academically.  Not a big impact on the admissions profile. My current teams GPA this past year - men and women - 3.6.

And athletics is still an admission on merit - although at athletic factories it is a bit ridiculous.  Admitting on the basis of race is not workable in the long run.   Most universities don't need to do it, only the most competitive ones.  [/quote]

Nice story but the Harvard data suggests exactly the opposite. Without sports these recruits don’t get in on academics.  Your definition of merit is completely self serving. [/quote]

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