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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If Asian[/quote]

This is trite.  It has never been the case that universities just went to the highest GPAs/SATs and admitted from the top down on that list.  They’ve always wanted a mix of capabilities and talents. So just because anecdotally you know someone was accepted with lower GPA/SAT than your Asian kid who did not, does not imply sinister racism.  That’s true of lots of kinds of people, and has been for a long time.  We need to stop looking at college matriculation as a referendum on ourselves.[/quote]

Yes, colleges are looking for diversity in student profiles. They need humanities and arts majors, not just stem, and want students from different states, countries, and socioeconomic levels. Not just diversity in race and ethnicity. Kids in the DMV are at such a disadvantage because there are so many high achievers with near-identical profiles competing for a limited number of spots in the region. I’ve joked about moving to Iowa for a few years for this reason![/quote]

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