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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I cannot believe how many people on this thread are defending legacy preferences. So much for pretending that this country is a meritocracy. Try to think beyond your own kids and grandchildren. The world would be a better place if we could think beyond our tiny insular family bubble [/quote]

I think affirmative action, the recent admissions scandal, the anti-Asian discrimination, and athlete recruitment make it very clear that college admissions is far from a meritocracy.  In this hunger games environment, every parent is grabbing whatever advantage they have.[/quote]

Exactly!!  Why wouldn't they?!!  DS identified as Hispanic because of his Hispanic grandmother even though it never occurred to him to do so in the past.  It is the way things are done now.[/quote]

Legal? [/quote]

Of course it is legal.  We have proof of her ethnicity with is 100% Hispanic.  So he is 1/4 Hispanic.  That qualifies.  LOL[/quote]

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