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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My URM girl applied to Berkeley Engineering and was rejected despite 4.0 gpa and high rigor (AP Physics I and 2), AP Calc BC...  She got 34 on ACT but couldn't submit the score since they are test blind.  She did get into her top choice so it didn't matter anyway...[/quote]
Berkeley does not consider race and the engineering program is not meant to be balanced for male/female either. There are many girls who have much stronger stats with Physics C and multi variable calculus who get rejected so while your dd is strong, her rejection is not that surprising. She probably got into the top school because of race and gender balancing. [/quote]

Your assumption that she got into her top school because of race and gender balancing proves the point that even though AA will be "eliminated", for some people, URMs will still be seen as admitted because of their race/gender.  I read a story recently about an African American girl student at Berkeley who said people on campus told her this despite affirmative action being banned for the past 20+ years.    My kid had top stats plus national awards in her activities and off the chart extracurriculars and recommendations to go along with the 4.0 GPA and 99th percentile ACT score (she took it only once) and yet you attribute her acceptance to the "top school" due to race/gender...  The more things change, the more they stay the same....[/quote]

DP.  Don't get all defensive and coy about this.  If a policy showing preferential treatment exists, the vast majority of people out there will assume that everyone who looks like the group getting such treatment, got it.. for a variety of reasons. You can't have the preference and not have the stigma.  They go together.  Don't want the stigma, work to get rid of the preferential treatment.  If not, learn to deal with it. [/quote]

Girls are not getting any preferential treatment. Period.[/quote]

Good news is, you are not alone with your delusions.  Some people believe Trump won the election!  :lol:  :lol: [/quote]

There is another thread in DCUM: https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1139942.page
Girls may be having a slight advantage in Engg schools just like boys have in SLAC. But that is NOT significant enough to term it as "preferential treatment".
Girls do like math & science and excel at it, and the numbers are only growing as parents/society started to support/accept them. They earn their admissions to top engg schools just like the boys. I really hope you don't have daughters of your own.[/quote]

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