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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I guess I'm one of those democrats who knew the plaintiffs are Asian.

Hope.this helps Asian kids, but I really doubt it, unless they are already rich.

What the outcome really means is that rich kids are going to be as preferred as they used to be in the old days before affirmative action. Doubt very seriously these right private Ivies are going to become significantly Asian, especially now that they don't *have* to select a minimum amount of Asian students.

My prediction: Asian acceptances will tick up slightly, while the open slots are backfilled with potential donor families. [/quote]

The brief submitted by Students for Fair Admissions contains precise data about Harvard acceptance by academic performance decide and race. Looking at it, it suggests that if you remove the 40ish % of Harvard students that are admitted due to legacy, then the remaining 60ish percent will be much more Asian and slightly more white. The standards for admission is not slightly different- they are drastically different, and this likely accounts for the disproportionately high dropout rate among black students. [/quote]

Essentially this case is about Harvard and a handful of other highly selective schools. It’s not going to affect the vast majority of colleges and universities that are not highly selective. The highly selective ones will find a work around. Like making every applicant write an essay about racism in the US and how has it affect their lives. Then you give extra points to those strong candidates who have overcome challenges relating to their racial identity. [/quote]

Yeah, but even the work arounds are pretty hard to defend. For example, it came out in this case that one of the ways they were able to accept less Asians was by routinely scoring them low on personality. Yikes. I mean, wow. [/quote]

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