Who else opposes race-based affirmative action?

borkborkbork
Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:36:46 +0000

Of course counselors won’t mention students… they won’t release that info. I just said guidance counselors “verified” it; once again, you are assuming things. But they will ALLUDE to those outliers and affirmative action. It would be stupid to think that a guidance counselor will directly state a student got in because of affirmative action. But they will mention trends, especially as seen on naviance and acceptance histories (which are revealed on naviance; you get to see how many people applied and got in). There is no doubt that MIT is HEAVY on affirmative action, and they WILL point that out. There is no denying it. If I had an 85 avg, and asked my GC to chance me, she would recommend I apply somewhere else. Okay, maybe they shouldn’t allude to such things, but what are you going to do if my GC did? You haven’t been to my school, you haven’t met my GC, or anything. Schools, GCs, etc. don’t always abide to a rigid standard of rules, even if they should. I’m not going to recant what I said… I stick by it because it’s the truth. My GC alluded to affirmative action.

The scholarships: on several tests, they ask you for your ethnicity. Your guidance counselor often gives you a list of scholarships you are eligible for. The guidance counselors at my school have never told me about affirmative action scholarships. So yes, the sentence where I mentioned scholarships, that was only through students, not guidance counselors. Once again with the semantics. Guidance counselors aren’t allowed to release scholarships that other students have received. But those who apply for race-based affirmative action do tell other students… and the word spreads.

And I haven’t even applied to college yet. When will you stop assuming things. Stop making a fool of yourself.

Of course there will be instances where Asians and whites get in when they shouldn’t based on their academic records. The admissions process is subjective, and some are venal. But AGAIN, we are looking at overall trends. And unlike you, I can back them up with statistics, and not bias:
Bias and bigotry in academia;

You can also look at this thread for better arguments:
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/964256-bias-bigotry-academia.html

Next time reply when you have evidence for what you say.