"They got in because they're black"?

neonerudite
Wed, 31 Dec 2014 19:55:04 +0000

And I love how people talk about how URMs are admitted even though they are underqualfied or less qualfied than their hypothetical ORM counterpart, but have never met black or Hispanic person who had not accomplished something, exceeded in school, or done something worthy of being in a top tier school. Just because a URM was admitted with stellar but average (for selective colleges) stats doesn’t mean they were admitted solely because they were black, thus giving them an extra ‘edge’; on the contrary, I see white or asian men and women being admitted everyday with the same kind of stats! How is it any different?