Maybe it's time they review the criteria they're using if it's giving them such lopsided results? (Reply #6)

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Sat May 16, 2015, 10:59 AM

6. Maybe it's time they review the criteria they're using if it's giving them such lopsided results?

If only looking at someone's GPA and test scores leads to a non-diverse environment, maybe that's a good indication that those factors should be used as much?

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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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