Reply to National Merit Semifinalist Cut-off Scores for High School Class of 2016

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "National Merit Semifinalist Cut-off Scores for High School Class of 2016"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]WV & ND : 201

DC: 224

DC is 50% black

WV is 4 % black.

ND has similar black %.

Disparate impact! National Merit corp is RACIST!

[/quote]

No. They are trying to limit the Asians from taking most of the spots.[/quote]

So as long as we hurt the asians so the whites from flyover country get a boost, screw what happens to the blacks.

Do I have the gist of the argument down pat? [/quote]

NMSC is a private business. They have been designating Commended students and Semifinalists the same way for decades. I was a  finalist back in the 70s and that's how they were doing it then, so this is not some new idea to control who gets the NM scholarships. The company simply wants finalists who represent the entire country, it has nothing to do with race.
[/quote]

Sure - just like Utexas has that top 10% admission plan purely on the basis of geographic equality. Nothing to do with race at all.

Keep telling yourself that.

By the way, just because you are a private business, doesn't mean it absolves you from acting in a way that creates racial disparate impact. We just had a scotus case regarding housing that ruled on that.[/quote]

So, are you thinking that back in the 70s NMSC came up with this scheme to keep Asian American students from getting NM scholarships? 
[/quote]

This has nothing to do with Asians. Not sure why you are bringing this up. I'm specifically talking about black students, who happen to be concentrated in places that have higher cut offs than pasty white flyover states like wyoming, wv, north dakota, south dakota, who are screwed due to this policy.

However, it seems like you are the one who has issues with Asians. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics