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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Welcome to the ugly side of living in a highly educated “liberal” community. The hypocrisy in these comments is truly astounding. [/quote]
Seems to me the people who are saying "this is what happens when we have aa" are the ones who probably don't support aa in college admissions.  I don't see those comments as hypocritical. Your mistake is that you think everyone on dcum is a progressive liberal who supports aa.  That's not the case.

Also, imagine being an Asian American, having high stats, all the right E.C.s, leadership positions, etc.. and still being passed over for someone with less stats than this student.  Don't tell me you would not feel like it wasn't fair.

Yea, the system is not "fair'. Life's not fair. Tell that to OP.[/quote] The assumption is that all “high stat” kids are truly high stat. Google cheating at the HS level and the prevalence of cheating rings ie getting copies of the tests, taking photos and sharing the answers with other students, signaling the answers to multiple choice questions, having other students take the test for you, special accommodations, hacking computers to change grades, crowd sourcing homework etc. Varsity Blues exposed the despicable  extent parents and kids are willing to go  to obtain admittance to top schools.

What’s absurd and unimaginable is the fact that colleges, students and parents knew it was happening.  But sure, blame the small percentages of URMs that actually make up college admissions. In fact, Asian students are over represented compared to their percentage of the US population.  So no, I don’t believe URM should be singled out with snide comments any more than a female admit to a STEM program. [/quote]

You won't find cheating rings like this at low ranking, low performing, poor high schools. So when admissions officers see one of those kids float near the top with high SAT and AP scores they can be absolutely certain they did it on their own.[/quote]
This is definitely sarcasm.

Please, the ^PP is saying that only non URM UMC cheat? GTFO.

And who says high ed must reflect the overall population?  Maybe Asian Americans are over represented because they work harder? oh, wait, according to you, they all cheated to get there.  But not URM. They never cheat.

ffs[/quote] Struck a nerve? I never stated any of the above, I stated not all “high stat” kids are truly high stats. [/quote]

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