<p>And it’s the responsibility of college admissions offices with two similar candidates to give one candidate a boost because his skin and genes conform with that of a population that HAS been unjustly treated ? (No one is denying the realities of socioeconomics…We’re just decrying the method used to correct it)</p>
<p>I don’t think so. Why? I’m not saying it’s ‘bad’ for a first generation kid, who has put up with more struggle than anyone else to be considered differently. Absolutely not. I do think it is ‘bad’ when that difficulty he has had is cheapened and made meaningless.</p>
<p>Let me say this again : I have no problem with different circumstances being treated as different circumstances. Of COURSE a 4.5 at a crap inner city public school should raise more approval than the same GPA at Philips Andover.
Of COURSE a minority group that has literally been reduced by genocide should be considered to have worked much harder for their stats.</p>
<p>But if circumstances can’t be determined by objectivity (location of school, rigor of school, parents income, GPA, test scores, jobs held, strength and relevance of ECs), then should it be determined by “My skin isn’t white” ?</p>
<p>Your argument literally echoes the same point I made: When it comes down to candidate versus candidate, and the difference between the two is very small: Race Should Not Be A Factor.
It is literally saying “We will give this candidate an advantage because of the candidate’s race”</p>
<p>Race should not be a factor in admissions, gender should not be a factor in admissions, sexual orientation should not be a factor in admissions, national origin should not be a factor in admissions, ethnicity should not be a factor in admissions, religion/personal convictions/lack of those should not be a factor in admissions.</p>
<p>Saying that a campus would then only be filled with rich white kids is an absolute insult to anyone who isn’t a rich white kid, and to rich white kids as well!</p>
<p>What are you saying? Diversity can’t be a result of someone’s own work? It has to be a handout? I don’t agree.
What are you saying? That because someone was born into a family with wealth and privilege, they are somehow less deserving of what they’ve achieved? I don’t agree.</p>
<p>Discrimination based on race (and all the other factors I listed) is just wrong. Get rid of that discrimination and I can guarantee you a campus WILL be as diverse in opinion and background.</p>
<p>It will just have higher SAT scores.</p>