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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 NBA that's 95% full of... tall basketball players... do you have problems with that?  Or NFL that's 95% full of... muscle-bound meatheads... do you have problems with that?  For the good of the "social responsibility," in the name of diversity, should we not have short basketball players... and bookish book-worms football players?  Professional sports such as NBA and NFL are the epitome of homogeneity.  I am willing to bet my house you don't have problems with that.  [/quote]. Professional sports are different from every other type of employment and are a very very very small percentage of the population. This example is not making your point.  Test scores and grades are not the only thing that points to a successful college experience.  Going to college is not just about preparing for employment.  To make it meaningful for everyone that attends, having diversity (the many different types of diversity) adds to the experience.  [/quote]

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