Your thoughts on affirmative action?

[arachnophobia12]

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@Newjack88

why does everyone harp on race/African Americans? women benefit the most from AA. look at medical school admisions. AA has made women overrepresented in a field they were once underrepresented in. (in fact, now being a male is sort of a hook.)

thank you, newjack! …in some cases, people from South Dakota, Wyoming, etc. benefit from colleges’ search for “diversity,” too… (so we have “racism,” “sexism” & “area of residence-ism”…now people are pushing for “wealth-ism”… when will it end? :p)</p>

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@thesmiths

on a broader note, i think people over estimate minority status in admissions.

true, true… i know this isn’t applicable to every college, but it might be nice to keep this in mind (look at table C7 on pgs. 8 & 9) <a href=“This Page Has Moved”>This Page Has Moved;

[Newjack88]

<p>arachnophobia12:
yay! finally someone else who understands this topic!</p>

[murgo]

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true, true… i know this isn’t applicable to every college, but it might be nice to keep this in mind (look at table C7 on pgs. 8 & 9) <a href=“This Page Has Moved”>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~oir/pdfs/cds2007-2008.pdf

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<p>And if they secretly do not follow the marks on that table, do you expect them to reveal it to the public where tens of thousands would descend on them like a pack of wolves in a class action?</p>

[murgo]

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well because a person’s race significantly affects his or her life and the way in which he or she sees the world. other things also influence a person’s perception of the world but i think that the most influential factors are a person’s family background/home life, socioeconomic class, and race.

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<p>This is true, though too much of a slippery slope. You either have fairness or unfairness in regards to AA. If we are to allow race to be used as a criterion, then one can easily see how things can tangent off into something totally different and unwanted, despite all the initial good intentions. </p>

<p>Mind you, I am not one of those believers of the great magical hand of social experimentation.</p>

<p>With that said, what exactly are we gaining from this experiment?</p>

[CBK]

<p>Murgo,</p>

<p>Intersting article
Racial Preferences at Medical Schools Result in Minority Failure</p>

<p>With all things being equal in undergrad education leading to =opportunities negating the imbalanced elementary/highschool exposure, what is the reason behind the failure to pass MCAT? If they have cleaned the slate of early education by giving = opportunity, yet the results are not equal?</p>

<p>Perplexing</p>

[vonlost]

<p>“You either have fairness or unfairness in regards to AA.”</p>

<p>Where admission to private colleges is concerned, fairness is not part of the consideration. These colleges are crafting their classes the way they want them. When a school needs an oboist, it may admit one with lower stats than those of many unneeded trumpeters. So there’s no point in objecting to AA in terms of fairness, at least where private schools are concerned.</p>