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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, athletic recruiting is also affirmative action.[/quote]

Yes, and so is admitting the star musician or actor and the science geek and the published 17 year old. The point is that the elite schools are picking a class that will be full of high potential kids in every department and realm of the school. They pick some athletes, some STEM grinds, a lot of creative types for the humanities, and some sociopaths to serve the needs of Wall Street. They want a diversity of academic interests, specialized abilities, and leaders not just diversity in ethnicity, geography and SES.  Their goal is to match up with the future leaders in every sector of the economy and society. A generally smart kid with no particular outstanding interest or passion, especially one with lots of privilege,  doesn't usually become a star in their experience.  [b]So get over the fact that other children have different skills than your own, since that doesn't make yours any better or worse.[/b][/quote]

No, actually, I agree with you. (And my kids are almost certainly not going to apply to fancy colleges anyway.) The fancy schools are full of students who were admitted under affirmative action.

But I never read anybody complaining that so-and-so got in undeservedly because they are a legacy, or a varsity athlete, or from a cattle rancher from Caldwell, Montana. Whereas I often read complaints that so-and-so got in undeservedly because they're black. That was my point about affirmative action. [/quote]

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