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I think the elite colleges have plausible reason to use holistic evaluation for admissions. It's called social responsibility.
This is not discrimination, otherwise asian americans would not have filled those elite schools with 30 or 40% of the student body. I myself is an asian american. If my children could not make into the elite schools under that kind of ethnic admission rate I would go to a lesser school. Think about it, my asian american friends. What you are asking is winner takes all (let alone the question what should be factors for choosing a winner). Let's say if all the top few schools become 80% asian from the admissions solely based on test scores, is it really what you want to see? The schools will become boring if not for anything else.

For the society's good, we have to give opportunities to various groups so they can have highly educated leadership that will go back to their communities and improve the life in their neighborhood. I am not saying we don't want fair competition, but it has to have a balance so the society can be kept from all the ill resulted from the lack of opportunity in some sections. This will benefit everyone of us.
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How about a few Jewish attorneys in the NFL? A few Asian doctor playing in the NBA?  That would be more socially responsible. [/quote]

If you are talking about a specific job, I agree that the employer should only consider the person who can perform the best job. It's like NASA should only hire the best rocket scientists when it sends astronauts to space,  merit is the only consideration. But we are talking about education that prepares young people for those future jobs. People call it the equalizer. This is where society should help some. It's like we would give more opportunities to some kids in tutoring but when it's time for the exam we grade them only based on what they have performed on the test. That's the same logic.

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Why stop at education?  Why not the job market as the equalizer?  Isn't that what affirmative action is all about?[/quote]

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