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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The implicit racism in this thread and the Hopkins threadis quite something.  We have a black.student from our academically rigorous private (not in DC) who got into every Ivy this year, on full scholarship in high school and at college, single parent. She was a superstar the minute she stepped on campus at the private, one of the smartest kids in the class, class President umpteen times, leadership roles in many clubs, ran her own small business.

The elite schools are not trading down in talent  as they become more diverse.[/quote]

I have no doubt that the student you describe is stellar and deserves all those opportunities. The problem, and what I think causes a lot of the resentment, is that not all of those offered spots are similarly stellar. If blacks make up 5% of the applicant pool (I’m guessing it’s actually less than that), but 15% of the admitted students, do you really think they are three times more qualified as students of other races?  [/quote]

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