<p>Has anyone considered the numbers behind all of this, think about them, yeah 50% of African Americans are accepted at Williams, but consider this: in 2005, the total undergard enrollment was 1974 w/ 9% of those students being African American, thus there is only 177/178 students who are African Americans. Divide that by four to get the average in each graduating class to get about 44/45. Then consider that 47% of applicants accepted actually attend so so based on idealistic numbers (that obviously can fluctuate) that about 88/90 African American students had been accepted that year, and since apparently Williams accepts 50% of African Americans that means that only 176/180 African Americans students had applied that year, get this, out of 5,341!!! Thus, it’s rather ridiculous to be bringing up these numbers of a 50% acceptance when the ideal percents of African Americans that had applied was only 3.4%, and considering what a self-selective pool Williams is known for, this completely tosses the claim that AA has been used excessively. Basically, just think of it reasonably, it’s like the difference between saying I came in the second place or that I came in last out of two people.</p>