RE: Trump administration backs Asian-American students in Harvard admissions lawsuit
April 7, 2018 at 2:09 pm
(April 7, 2018 at 2:02 pm)alpha male Wrote:(April 7, 2018 at 1:58 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Affirmative action sucks.
Personally I think giving some points to certain groups makes sense.
However, I've never heard of taking points away from certain high-achieving groups. That does indeed suck. I suppose in some circumstances it gets the same results, but it really rubs me the wrong way.
When you give points to some, taking points away from others inevitably needs to happen. Because they can only let a certain number of people in. If they're admitting people based on race, like if they have some kind of quota that says X% of people need to be a certain race, if that percentage is greater (like it would be for Asian kids), they end up getting rejected based on their race. To control it more efficiently, they take points away.
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