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Re:Harvard University is fighting to keep its admissions pro... by legolas2412 on Thursday July 05, 2018 @10:17PM (#17468416)
You could be in favor of more extra-curriculars, or more 'holistic' criteria. But why affirmative action? That is an orthogonal issue.
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Re:Harvard University is fighting to keep its admissions pro... by cncrnd on Friday July 06, 2018 @04:01PM (#17474650)
The main change I would make to affirmative action would be considering factors like location, family income, etc that better represent a person's situation. But race, while not perfect, often captures these factors.

They already consider extra curriculars, and those are easily gamed since everyone knows they're important.

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Re:Harvard University is fighting to keep its admissions pro... by noobhacker on Friday July 06, 2018 @05:49PM (#17475410)
Since location and family income are perfectly observable variables, shouldn't we use them directly instead of race?
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