what is the most controversial thing about college admissions?

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<p>like what topic about college admissions do you think someone can talk about for hours?</p>

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<p>well, affirmative action for one but only if you’re not really informed…altho some people can have good arguments both for and against AA</p>

<p>also prestige of schools like HYP and how much such prestige helps and should be considered when choosing a college</p>

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<p>affirmative action</p>

<p>of course the easiest way to answer this question is go to the college admissions forum and sort the threads by the number of replies, in descending order</p>

<p>here’s the top 10</p>

<p>1) Waitlist success stories
2) The Fastest-Growing Ethnic Category at Great Colleges: “Race Unknown”<br>
3) Best/Worst Admission/Rejection Letters
4) Daily Princetonian Makes Fun of Stereotypical Asian Students
5) NEVER say blacks will do worse at elite colleges…
6) Class of '08: How many people on CC are applying to each school?
7) Which Schools Did Your School Valedictorian Get Accepted To?
8) so am i basically rejected
9) for JUNIORS who are ready to get onto THE PERILOUS ROAD
10) Waitlisted & the Statistical Chances of Getting In</p>

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<p>well i am writing a persuasive research paper on college admissions and admission policies and need to argue for or against something so i am just finding good topics to talk about. affirmative action and prestige of college seem to be really great topics to talk about colleges also.</p>

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<p>The painful injustice and reverse racism (which if you want to get technical is the equivalent of saying ‘hot ice’ but let’s not get into that) of affirmative action, of course. :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>“Reverse racism” is a racist term. “Racism” means someone not liking someone else because of their race. Reverse racism is still just racism.</p>

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<p>…which is why he/she mentioned the “hot ice” example.</p>

<p>But yeah, Affirmative Action is a biggie. I swear, if they just judged by income brackets, half the protesters would be outta there. >.<</p>

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<p>What is Affirmative Action? xP</p>

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<p>QFT</p>

<p>congrats on dartmouth!</p>

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<p>it’s when certain groups of people get preferential treatment in admissions because of their race and/or income level.</p>

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<p>your mother.</p>

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<p>the use of standardized test scores could work for your paper, though I’d agree affirmative action in the most controversial.</p>