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Re:Harvard discrimination lawsuit: data show penalization of... by IvyAdmisions on Monday June 18, 2018 @05:26PM (#17341828)
The asians will still get rejected. They're not rejected for racial reasons. They're rejected because they submit uninspiring, cookie cutter applications en masse. This may be because of something in the asian culture. That's outside my expertise.
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Re:Harvard discrimination lawsuit: data show penalization of... by bedhead on Monday June 18, 2018 @08:58PM (#17342942)
There is a natural follow-up question: why might other races get rejected at high rates, albeit not for racial reasons (similar to your point)? I think there are questions that many people simply don't want the answers to.
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Re:Harvard discrimination lawsuit: data show penalization of... by sizzle on Monday July 02, 2018 @03:23PM (#17444612)
socioeconomic reasons
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Re:Harvard discrimination lawsuit: data show penalization of... by IvyAdmisions on Monday June 18, 2018 @09:45PM (#17343161)
Not touching that!
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Re:Harvard discrimination lawsuit: data show penalization of... by naveen99 on Monday June 18, 2018 @05:33PM (#17341861)
but asians are over represented at harvard...
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Re:Harvard discrimination lawsuit: data show penalization of... by IvyAdmisions on Monday June 18, 2018 @05:38PM (#17341886)
And they'd be WAAAAAY more overrepresented if the "Great Academics, Boring eveything else" applicants got in.
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