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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, if it's any consolation, it's also been a brutal year for all those poor and minority students.  I work for an org that helps low-income students attend college-most of our students are black or latino.  We've been hearing from various admissions offices that there is a huge pool this year, and while many of our students would have been likely admits if they could pay, schools don't want to spend a huge amount of aid on one student with a $0 EFC when they could spread that money around and give several students a decent amount of aid.  It's tough out there.[/quote]

Yes, I've heard that as well. I'm just not a believer in affirmative action. I think it is unconstitutional. [/quote]

Please explain where in the Constitution it says that a private school must make admissions decisions based solely on SATs and grades.

Of course if we move to such admissions policies you will be bitching that the Asian kids all cheated and prepped to get in and so on.[/quote]

What does SATs and grades have to do with racism re: any kid? Take a look at the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment please. If you don't like that one, how about the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, if we are talking about federal financial aid?

In the UT at Austin case, kids are evaluated based, in part, on a personal achievement index award. That included factoring in the socioeconomic status of the student and/or the student's school, as well as single parent status, race, and language barriers of any kind. This means that kids who were raised in traditional families who's parents worked hard, and where both parents spoke English in the home, got their 'personal achievement index award' lowered. I don't see how that is constitutional.

Regarding your comments about Asian kids, [b]I read their tests scores are penalized simply because they are Asian. I think THAT'S BS. If the kid was prepped, studied, etc, and performed well, they deserve that score AS IT STANDS[/b].[/quote]

Do you really believe EVERYTHING you read...? Seriously, if you're going to try and debate about something then avoid anecdotal stories that are not based on any fact. To suggest that the scoring is somehow rigged against Asians (or anyone else for that matter) is simply ridiculous![/quote]

The LA Times carried the story. [/quote]

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