Perfect SAT score students (1600 or 2400) - Where do they study now?

Long32_3
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:06:45 +0000

Esoteric: I would have no problem with affirmative action if it applied specifically to a quantifiable capital value. Unfortunately, it’s race based, which is (in my opinion) a TERRIBLE implementation.
If a black child has a lawyer mother and a doctor father, should it be easier for them to get into a top school? What about a white or asian child whose parents are unemployed, or working for minimum wage? The white or asian would be at an obvious disadvantage in opportunity availability, but the black kid would STILL be favored under our current affirmative action setup. URMs aren’t the only people that might be disadvantaged.