| At the end of the day, it all comes down to identifying those students who fully utilized the resources that were available to them.
The university doesn't just accept under-represented minority students for sake of having this whole "diversity percentage" drama.
There are inner city students who lacked the kind of resources that were readily available to students who come from wealthier families.
You cannot blame lower SAT/ACT scores and less rigorous high school curriculum to the students. If the university feels that particular students fully utilized the resources given to them or even beyond..surely, those students deserve spots at Michigan. Their lower stats don't mean anything. There are plenty of Caucasian students at Michigan who come from relatively poor backgrounds. Their stats might be lower, but they perform as equal well as you would at Michigan. I have many friends who are like that.
Stop this non-sense. Michigan is doing a great job in recruiting underestimated students who have their full potential to perform superb jobs here.
Your idea of "fairness" is in fact NOT fair. I will give you a silly analogy but it summarizes the situation well.
There are 2 students: Student A and Student B. They are equally talented, as in equally intelligent. Both students are taking a math exam...let's say Algebra I. Student A is given a calculator whereas Student B isn't. We generally would imagine that Student A will perform better...or at least have easier time.
Do you think choosing Student A as a better student is fair? I don't think so, and, fortunately, my university doesn't think so either. How about you? Do you still think that Student A is inheritably smarter than Student B?
If you are an admitted student at Michigan...then I would surely expect more from you than ranting about how the university admissions policy is not fair in regards to recruiting under-represented minority students. Moreover, the university doesn't just go after "colored" students. As I mentioned before, there are plenty of "white" students who probably had lower stats than you; and they perform as equally well as others here at Michigan. |