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originally posted by: Edumakated
People aren't picked just based on skin color. It can be a factor, but hardly is what drives admission alone.
originally posted by: olaru12
If you've got the money, test scores, race, nothing matters. You can buy your way into even top notch universities.
Even get a athletic scholarship and never even having played the sport.
this pay to play is just the tip of the iceberg.
www.cnn.com...
originally posted by: LSU2018
originally posted by: olaru12
If you've got the money, test scores, race, nothing matters. You can buy your way into even top notch universities.
Even get a athletic scholarship and never even having played the sport.
this pay to play is just the tip of the iceberg.
www.cnn.com...
Hopefully those involved have been made an example of. Although with millions in the bank, they tend to feel bulletproof.
People aren't picked just based on skin color. It can be a factor, but hardly is what drives admission alone.
originally posted by: JAGStorm
a reply to: Edumakated
People aren't picked just based on skin color. It can be a factor, but hardly is what drives admission alone.
This is exactly what the whole Harvard admission scandal is about. I think we are going to find out if your statement is true or not. Right now, neither of us really know, we can guess and give our opinions. Facts on papers don't lie.
Yes, Asians face a sort of reverse discrimination. Everyone knows this. The reality is that Asians with high test scores / GPA are a dime a dozen due to a culture that in a way overemphasizes conformity and test taking. Schools don't want one dimensional students. Ask any parent or kid who is applying to top schools and they will tell you that you need a "hook" and it isn't just your test scores / GPA.
There is no way to objectively admit everyone.
The result was a change in admissions criteria to reward “leadership,” and “well-rounded” candidates — a thin disguise for “WASPs” — and, following closely on, actual quotas for Jewish students, so that no matter how many applied, their numbers on campus would stay just about the same. After several decades, this came to be seen as racist and unfair, and the quotas were dropped. (Though by then, conveniently enough, the Ivy League was able to find Jewish applicants with plenty of money, polish and governing-class connections without too much trouble). But while the quotas for Jews are gone, the Ivy League now, by all accounts, has quotas for Asian students. They are seen as people who study too hard, boring grinds who aren’t much fun — and, of course, their parents aren’t as rich and connected. And though the numbers of highly qualified Asian applicants have grown dramatically, the number of Asians admitted stays pretty much the same every year.
Sure there is, it's called test scores, and grades. You score high you get in, you score low you don't. The color of your skin is not required.
originally posted by: OccamsRazor04
I didn't even study and got over a 1320, the idea Black people are so dumb they can't do better than 1300 is insulting.
originally posted by: Mach2
The biggest difference between success, and failure, academically, it the structure, and focus of the family unit.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
So there you are, about to get your coconut opened up for some really precise surgery and the doctor says, 'Hey! You! Guess what? I got into medical school due to a merit point increase and not because I was as qualified as everyone else. Nurse, bone saw.'
originally posted by: grey580
a reply to: JAGStorm
So let me ask you a question.
Let's say that this happens and they only accept students based on merit. And it just so happens that the only people that get in are chinese.
Would you be ok with that?