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Re:Harvard Rated Asian-American Applicants Lower on Personal... by _jal on Friday June 15, 2018 @11:54AM (#17320697)
Because they want something that provides a subjective element for making decisions.

Admissions is high-stakes for everyone, including Harvard. Having some opaque, non-mechanical criteria lets them pick and choose without giving as much of a lever to lawyers.

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Re:Harvard Rated Asian-American Applicants Lower on Personal... by ed_balls on Friday June 15, 2018 @12:00PM (#17320749)
But why they need it?
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Re:Harvard Rated Asian-American Applicants Lower on Personal... by cascom on Friday June 15, 2018 @02:05PM (#17322042)
Theoretically - so they can decide between two students that both had 4.0 GPAs, perfect SAT scores, and were class presidents, etc.

Cynically - it gives them cover to manage to "other goals" and chalking it up to a subjective measure that can't be proved/disproved

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