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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am fine with that. College admissions needs a massive overhaul. [/quote]

This.

Test everyone based on same criteria. No double standands based on bs this or bs that.[/quote]

BS like in-state versus OOS?[/quote]

No. State colleges (esp. land grant colleges) exist primarily to serve the students of the state. And are supported by the taxpayers of the state, who also subsidize in state tuition. There are legit policy reasons that have nothing to do with a protected class to give an in state preference.  This argument is over protected classes, like race, gender, region and national origin. State of residency is not a protected class. [/quote]

Exactly. Of course. So, right off the bat you’ve conceded that schools shouldn’t be obliged to “test everyone based on the same criteria,” as the PP said.

Here’s another institutional priority I feel sure passes constitutional muster: solvency.

I’m feeling confident football also passes the test, at least at schools with a long football tradition. (Not so sure about Chicago.)

There’s a long list of institutional priorities that may have a disparate impact on Asian (or Black) enrollment, that will nevertheless pass constitutional muster. We are not headed to a “test everyone the same” world, not now and not any time soon. [/quote]

In fact,  with the rise in popularity of TO, we are headed in the opposite direction at many schools.

I also want to add that no one is looking at root cause.  The answer is really in K-12 education and pushing equal opportunities from the beginning.  But that is too hard and too expensive so we are all going to navel gaze about college admissions.[/quote]

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