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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Btw if you remove the ALDC preference it doesn’t just affect the mix, the number of white students does change. It drops by 500 or so just for legacy and athletics. Development cases are about 100 per year of which 70-75 are white. I think this is a four year table so that’s another 250-300. Which means that white numbers would go down somewhat, no?[/quote]

No, if you remove all ALDC preferences, the number of admitted white students doesn't meaningfully change.  Hence the statement that whites are really just competing with other whites.  Also remember that whites are (very slightly) demographically under-represented.

[quote=Anonymous]Then the answer might be to keep Aa and Hispanics as under represented and let whites and Asians into the same pool with no preferences and let them fight it out. When the number of Asians exceeds the number of whites because they have better grades and scores, I’m sure we would hear about robots and cheaters and how holistic admissions are vital.[/quote]

I don't mean to offend you but there there seems to be a consistent anti-white sentiment in what you write.  The narrative you seem to want to believe simply isn't backed up by the data.  I would challenge you to examine your conscious and unconscious bias in this regard.[/quote]

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