<p>“But on a serious note, race based admissions kind of suck because they devalue the achievements of URMs–we end up lumped into the lower-than-average category in admissions, regardless of exceptions.”</p>
<p>Since it is an “aggregate” number as I’ve stated, it is true that there will be many exceptions, and for those individuals the stigma or presumption of lowered standards - is of course very unfair. This is exactly for example why in California a number of decades back it was the Black Atty professional organizations of various kinds (among other groups), who were instrumental in shutting down the absurd idea of giving special extra points on the State of California bar exam to black applicants and certain other minorities - which would have resulted in effectively having two different bar exams for the same state: the standard exam and one with lower standards for various minorities</p>