<p>Well, I suppose, it is difficult to admit a two-track system when there isn’t a two-track system.
All applicants are on “one-track.” It’s just that the one-track accomodates identifying some applicants as having characteristics that are more desirable than others. That’s the way it has ALWAYS been, i.e. that some applicants have preferences over others.<br>
The problem is that when those characteristics identified as preferable dont’ match up with what YOU think are preferable, then disagreements arise.</p>
<p>Why, for example, should medal of honor children recieve a preference? It’s not as if the child did anything more heroic than any other applicant except be born to a parent who did something heroic. Reward the parent? okay, but it doesn’t mean the kid is anything special.
I have an applicant right now who is eligible for a special n omination because his father is on 100% disability for PTSD fromt he Vietnam war. In Patton’s day, PTSD received a slap on the helmet, now we reward the disability with a preferred nomination. Changing times.</p>
<p>Get over it. It’s not JUST minorities that receive preferences.</p>