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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Neither federal nor state governments can ban colleges and universities from determning the criteria they want to build their student community, as long as they don't discriminate against protected classes. I can't believe the reach you all want government to have over our everyday lives. It's insane.[/quote]

[b]But applicants are being discriminated.  [/b]
that's the p applicants that's the probelm.

Public schools might get baned.   
Private colleges and universities at least start paying tax then.[/quote]

No, they're not. Applicants are not being discriminated against based on their race, color, sex, religion, national origin, veteran status, or sexual orientation just because a big donor's son, who in just about every case is probably every bit as qualified, gets admitted. Now, I would argue that applicants are discriminated against based on mental disability. So if this is where you all want to base your logic on, let's start letting in kids like my brilliant ADHD kid who can't get into Harvard because his grades aren't high enough. He's truly, objectively brilliant and smarter than 99% of the people in the US (this is been shown time and again through testing), but his grades aren't the best because high school is hell for a smart kid with severe ADHD. Why should he be discriminated against based on his documented disability?[/quote]

You don't mark ADHD on application.
How do you get discriminated.
They ask you you mark your race.[/quote]

Exactly...and that's how you're not discriminated against. I am saying that those with disabilities are discriminated against based on the criteria for admissions. People on here seem to think that universities can't use their own criteria, because it's discriminatory. So I'm going to jump on that bandwagon and say that grades shouldn't count, because that discriminates against students with learning disabilities---a protected class.[/quote]

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