Affirmative action in college admissions
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Published 2024-06-27
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All Comments (21)
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After 5 years working in a profession, no one care where you went to school.
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The admissions board should not see name or race on an application only a id number
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There are a host of students in these schools that academically should not be there, but they are legacy admissions.
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Hold Your Own Nuts, dude. It was Asian People who wanted AA gone. Be careful what you wish for…you know the rest, Smart guy.
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Admission should be based on merits and academic standing.
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Too much focus and false belief that professional success depends on graduating from the Ivy Leagues. This needs to change. It is unhealthy for the high schoolers.
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Imagine applying to an Ivy League school where everybody has a great GPA and participates in extracurricular activities. How can you truly separate yourself from the rest? Its almost like hitting the lottery
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It would be nice if we didn’t talk about ethnicity at all in college applications. You should be judged as an individual.
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Legacy should have been banned/outlawed from the start, never should have been allowed to begin with
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The "quota" was on Asians, keeping their numbers at a limit. It had nothing to do with black people, that was an excuse, but they'll learn.
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God's karma is a beast. Majority Asians were so sure ending AA would decrease Black student enrollment and increase theirs.
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now AA grads demand legacy for their AA kids. the hypocrisy
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For any kid out there who is worried, let me share with you , I came from Haiti , no English, no money , homeless for a while … I did not care and that is why I became a nurse and got a bachelor in science and a masters in clinical research. Just stay focused and don’t worry , you will get there .
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Don’t go where you aren’t wanted. In 20 years, having a degree from an Ivy League school will be viewed as an indication that you were a recipient of special treatment and probably not that smart. I already feel that way
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This dude goes to Duke University, and he STILL has the nerve to complain on live TV 💀
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I can imagine a member of the Harvard admissions board rubbing their eyes and saying, "Gawd! if I have to read one more personal statement about, 'How being the child of Asian immigrant parents inspired my life's story,' I'm going to blow my friggin' brains out."
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People focused on getting rid of affirmative action and they forgot about the legacy/rich students who are dumb but still get in.
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Now they are going to understand why affirmative action was in place.
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From someone who spent time at Harvard in graduate school, this is really hard to watch. Harvard is really not the be-all end-all of your life, and we’re lying to kids and stressing them out when society implies otherwise. Most of the undergrads at Harvard aren’t really that much different than college students at other places. The difference is the money and privilege their parents tend to have.
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The loss of affirmative action only helps legacy students, the rich and the well connected.
