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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are colleges obsessed with race.
They should be color blind

Why don't you see any value in meeting and studying with people that aren't like you?

You sound racist if you think black applications are so ill-redeemable that they need handouts and boosts to receive acceptance rates.

You sound like you don't understand statistics.

Let's take a look at NYC for example. Here is some data for their specialized public high schools.

Here's a breakdown of the 2025 admissions data:


Black Students: 8 out of 781 students admitted to Stuyvesant.
Hispanic Students: Just under 7% of all students admitted to the eight specialized high schools.
Asian Students: 53.5% of the seats were offered to Asian students.
White Students: 25.9% of the seats were offered to White students.

And here is the demographic data for New York City public high school students.

41.3% Hispanic,
24.4% Black,
16.3% Asian, and
14.4% White


You're the one that seems to think that this data is sound in it's indication that black and Hispanic students are not capable of deserving to benefit from the education available at these specialized high schools.

You don't see any problem with this situation and I do. And on we go.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are colleges obsessed with race.
They should be color blind

Why don't you see any value in meeting and studying with people that aren't like you?

Whatever value there is in diversity of skin color, it does not justify discriminating based on skin color.

There are a lot of universities and colleges that feel that having a diverse student body is core to their educational mission and provides great value. Even if the supreme Court disagrees, it doesn't change that. That is part of the educational philosophy of many of these institutions.

Rather than attack institutions that have different values from your own, why not try harder to find a good match for yourself?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are colleges obsessed with race.
They should be color blind

Why don't you see any value in meeting and studying with people that aren't like you?

You sound racist if you think black applications are so ill-redeemable that they need handouts and boosts to receive acceptance rates.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are colleges obsessed with race.
They should be color blind

Why don't you see any value in meeting and studying with people that aren't like you?

Whatever value there is in diversity of skin color, it does not justify discriminating based on skin color.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. "Please explain why you think Donald Trump is the best president ever."
2. "What do you think President Trump's biggest success was, and why."
3. "If you had the chance to support MAGA by working for President Trump, what would you do?"
4. "Explain a time when MAGA impacted your life. Write about how it positively changed your future."

This just shows how ridiculous and disgusting the past essay prompts were, just in the opposite direction.

There was nothing in the prompt that prevents the answer from discussing a political community of any persuasion.

Sure, you could talk about anytime but these prompts didn't really exist before they banned affirmative action. These prompts were fishing for stories about race.

the diversity prompts existed for those who applied fall of 2019(graduated in 2020) and were there every year through high school class of 2023 which was the last admissions cycle when affirmative action was still legal. not sure about pre 2020 as that was my first kid's turn

The prompts started showing up about the same time SFFA gained steam. We also see an increase in Asian admissions as SFFA heated up. By the time the SCOTUS opinion was released, the Asian population at ivy+ had gone to about 25-30% after sitting at ~18% for generations. We saw a spike in these sort of essay prompts after the ruling

Anonymous wrote:Do AOs really read all the essays? I’m genuinely interested in knowing. With so many distractions at the fingertips by way of just holding a phone and unlimited supply of entertainment that one feels compelled to binge on, I’ve noticed a culture shift in how adults have been approaching their work. I notice colleagues are routinely sleep deprived. They are more prone to avoid work or do it without much thought. Why do we assume that AOs spend quality time figuring out an edge a kid might have when thousands of applicants are almost the same. Everyone wants to do what they do for living fast.

They don’t. It’s way you need that special hook. At front and end. Really unusual or catchy topic.

Well edited. Succinct.
Might make you cry or catch your throat.

Do AOs really read all the essays? I’m genuinely interested in knowing. With so many distractions at the fingertips by way of just holding a phone and unlimited supply of entertainment that one feels compelled to binge on, I’ve noticed a culture shift in how adults have been approaching their work. I notice colleagues are routinely sleep deprived. They are more prone to avoid work or do it without much thought. Why do we assume that AOs spend quality time figuring out an edge a kid might have when thousands of applicants are almost the same. Everyone wants to do what they do for living fast.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are colleges obsessed with race.
They should be color blind

Why don't you see any value in meeting and studying with people that aren't like you?

I see big value.
That's why we should be all color blind instead of being racists.

Anonymous wrote:Why are colleges obsessed with race.
They should be color blind

Why don't you see any value in meeting and studying with people that aren't like you?

Why are colleges obsessed with race.
They should be color blind

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. "Please explain why you think Donald Trump is the best president ever."
2. "What do you think President Trump's biggest success was, and why."
3. "If you had the chance to support MAGA by working for President Trump, what would you do?"
4. "Explain a time when MAGA impacted your life. Write about how it positively changed your future."

This just shows how ridiculous and disgusting the past essay prompts were, just in the opposite direction.

There was nothing in the prompt that prevents the answer from discussing a political community of any persuasion.

Sure, you could talk about anytime but these prompts didn't really exist before they banned affirmative action. These prompts were fishing for stories about race.

the diversity prompts existed for those who applied fall of 2019(graduated in 2020) and were there every year through high school class of 2023 which was the last admissions cycle when affirmative action was still legal. not sure about pre 2020 as that was my first kid's turn

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Anonymous wrote:So what happens when the mediocre kids still don’t get in? Will they start replacing the AOs next?

Do you have kids in high school or college?

Anyone with kids in high school can look at Naviance and see the spread of GPAs/SAT scores and which ones got rejected vs waitlisted or accepted.

They can look at these anonymous charts, and quickly see patterns at certain schools of higher scores getting rejected and lower scores getting accepted.

The kids accepted to schools are very public with sharing their good news. They are open about the majors they applied to, and often very open about sharing their SATs and GPAs with friends. But in doing so, the other kids are able to see how their higher stats/better activities/more awards/etc compare to the kids accepted, along with the other rejections vs acceptances. If there is a pattern of much higher stat kids getting rejected while lower stat kids getting accepted, it is very easy to see.

ours lets us see by year. its very easy to tell which dot is which kid when the graduating class is around 100

New essay topic:
"Communities are full of young ******* to grab. What's the youngest ***** you've grabbed, and did you move on it like a *****?"

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How are colleges going be able to prove they are being race neutral in admissions?

Statistical evidence.

Oh, we doing disparate impact now?

Anonymous wrote:How are colleges going be able to prove they are being race neutral in admissions?

Statistical evidence.