<p>I agree with you^! Those are the exact reasons why I don’t agree with AA. However with socioeconomic policy would students be given preference based on their low parent’s income or economic surroundings based on environment and school? </p>
<p>I know of many low income students who got to top private schools with the best teachers. These students have fairly wealthy grandparents or other relatives, have nice cars, good size houses, etc. but their parents incomes are low. I find it unfair for these students who have a better educational surrounding than I do, to have an “edge”, while my parent’s earn more money, but I go to a really bad school.How would schools tell the difference?</p>
<p>I also find it unfortunate that the stigma of “supposed underachieving” URMS at top schools will be present even if AA is long gone. It is horrible that the accomplishments of people like AFFE are undervalued because he is a URM. But even if racial AA is gone, people will still believe that URMS were given an edge in admissions. ( Even now top schools don’t admit to giving racial advantage to URMs )</p>