Stanford is pathetic

[kyledavid80]

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The issue is between Whites and Asians. It appears that Stanford favor Whites slightly over Asians intentionally or unintentionally.

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<p>“It appears” sounds awfully vague. Want to provide support for that claim, specifically for Stanford?</p>

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As one of those 2350+/2350+ kids, I take offense whenever people project the idea that a lot of really high achieving students aren’t interesting or worthwhile to be near. There are plenty of really smart really interesting people, and looking at a school like Caltech that doesn’t do admissions like this (but as close as any top school gets to it) I don’t think Stanford would lose it’s competitive edge.

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<p>I don’t think anyone’s arguing that there are interesting kids who scored really high on the SAT. The argument is that admitting a class of solely those kinds of students would yield a class wholly less interesting and diverse (in the broadest sense of the word) than what we have now.</p>

<p>I think we can agree that Stanford’s class is much more well-rounded than Caltech’s–partly because it’s much larger (allowing for more variety), partly because Stanford is not a tech school, and partly because Stanford is just more interested in admitting a diverse class (again, in the broadest sense) than Caltech is.</p>

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The problem is, I think people forget is that meritocracy may be morally right (and this is even questionable in private college admissions)

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<p>Prescribing morals is never a good path to take…</p>