On a more serious note... (Reply #4) - Democratic Underground

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Sat May 16, 2015, 10:53 AM

4. On a more serious note...

Everyone who applies anywhere believes that he/she is qualified to be admitted. Just because you don't get accepted by your first choice doesn't equate to being harmed for life. Something like 30,000 applicants don't get into Harvard every year. That'd be a lot of 'harmed for life' people in the U.S. over the last several decades. 'Harmed for life' = epic fail.

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42 replies	Author	Time	Post
Asian groups allege Harvard discriminates against them in admissions [View all]	madville	May 2015	OP
I'm a little conflicted about this	Ms. Yertle	May 2015	#1
It's a balancing act	madville	May 2015	#2
They don't have to, they could just admit the most able students. N.T.	Donald Ian Rankin	May 2015	#8
They think that is achieved by a formula of test scores and GPA. Most universities don't.	pnwmom	May 2015	#14
Why do they have to do that?	Snow Leopard	May 2015	#10
It needs to be a cross-section of the population.	madville	May 2015	#13
Oh please! There's always Yale	rusty fender	May 2015	#3
And Princeton, Stanford, Cal, Columbia.... nt	hifiguy	May 2015	#12
On a more serious note...	rusty fender	May 2015	#4
Without some diversity standards what would happen	FLPanhandle	May 2015	#5
Plus factor in that tests like the SAT	madville	May 2015	#15
Maybe it's time they review the criteria they're using if it's giving them such lopsided results?	Chathamization	May 2015	#6
Flip it around	1939	May 2015	#7
DU would be outraged and politicians would be queueing up to denounce the college.	Nye Bevan	May 2015	#21
wouldn't the right approach be to not ask gender/race/sexual orientation etc. on applications?	DeadEyeDyck	May 2015	#9
but but...	GummyBearz	May 2015	#11
can't we have an argument without wings?	DeadEyeDyck	May 2015	#31
Are you speaking for MLK?	gollygee	May 2015	#38
I am a black man that does not want to be judged by colour of my skin.	DeadEyeDyck	May 2015	#42
actually, Martin Luther King supported affirmative action	JustinL	May 2015	#41
Harvard has to deal with paid agents gaming their admissions system, too	daredtowork	May 2015	#16
Finally	LittleBlue	May 2015	#17
I guess they want the same numbers they have at UCLA and UC Berkeley	mnhtnbb	May 2015	#18
Ban discrimination by race and also ban legacy preferences.	Nye Bevan	May 2015	#19
So what happens when colleges are full of Asians and Whites only?	FLPanhandle	May 2015	#20
I don't know what the answer is but the article suggests	DemocratSinceBirth	May 2015	#22
No it doesn't	FLPanhandle	May 2015	#24
From the Original Poster's article:	DemocratSinceBirth	May 2015	#25
Yes, but when you account for that percentage also applying at other schools too	FLPanhandle	May 2015	#27
That's kind of an offensive post.	Nye Bevan	May 2015	#23
Not meant to be offensive	FLPanhandle	May 2015	#29
Or maybe no federal money going to schools with selective admissions. That'd take care of	Chathamization	May 2015	#30
Scores and Grades are not the only basis on judging who is a worthy student	alphafemale	May 2015	#26
I know you didn't mean it but	DemocratSinceBirth	May 2015	#32
Never feign interest in higher math.	alphafemale	May 2015	#37
So asians lack life and flair, plus they are boring at parties	AngryAmish	May 2015	#34
No. You're saying that.	alphafemale	May 2015	#36
I don't think race-based preferences become either more or less legal/moral because they harm	Romulox	May 2015	#28
This is a really difficult subject...	DemocratSinceBirth	May 2015	#33
First, the idea Harvard limits their undergrads to such a low number reeks	AngryAmish	May 2015	#35
We are debating this because serious efforts to provide equal educational	Vattel	May 2015	#39
Just another example of how humans can't have everything	The2ndWheel	May 2015	#40

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