Tufts and Affirmative Action

McDonalds77
Mon, 29 May 2006 15:53:57 +0000

Actually, on an article I read a few months ago, the average statistics for women who get into MIT were much lower than the stats for men who get in. I’m sure Tufts ENGINEERING would have similar statistics.

Tufts practices AA for male in the college of arts and sciences and for women in the college of engineering.

I personally believe that AA is reverse-racism, and that it should be stopped in the US. But AA DOES exist and there are nothing wrong for someone who would benefit from AA to bring her expectations up. Obviously she cannot just sit on her butt and expect to have stuff handed to her, but if being a woman would get her into a school that she would have been rejected if she were a male, what’s so bad about getting her hopes up for it?

“That’s a bit harsh… I don’t believe tufts to be a racially dependent school, so if you are qualified, I am sure that they would be more then happy to accept you.”
EVERY school practicies AA. A survey, taken by Princeton students last year, proved that being black gave you, what equals to an average of a 140 point SAT advantage. The link was posted on collegeconfidential one or two months ago. Search for it and read it. You’ll be surprised…