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Re:Asian American Discrimination in Harvard Admissions [pdf] by gog-ma-gog on Friday April 24, 2020 @10:26PM (#22975019)
The number of people “qualified” to go to Harvard is probably more than 10x the current capacity of Harvard, though. Maintaining scarcity/exclusivity in the brand is more valuable than servicing the number of people technically qualified to go there, from Harvard’s perspective.
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Re:Asian American Discrimination in Harvard Admissions [pdf] by MiroF on Friday April 24, 2020 @10:27PM (#22975025)
Yes, but many of those people choose to go to other prestigious schools. If Harvard admitted 50% of applicants, I don't see how you can claim quality wouldn't suffer.
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Re:Asian American Discrimination in Harvard Admissions [pdf] by gog-ma-gog on Saturday April 25, 2020 @02:20AM (#22976083)
I claimed no such thing :D
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Re:Asian American Discrimination in Harvard Admissions [pdf] by MiroF on Saturday April 25, 2020 @10:24AM (#22978301)
You said that they should admit 10x. Presumably that would mean 50% rather than 5%. I think quality would go down, you said it wouldn't. Seems clear cut to me.
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