Re:US 4th, 8th grade math scores post significant decline fo...
by dubya on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @12:33PM
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I see how that could happen, and probably has. But, for example, I can also see how the top x black applicants to Harvard would be capable of doing very well at Harvard even if those applicants are not in the top 4.6% of SAT scorers who apply to Harvard. (where x is maybe 14% of entering class size to be proportional to US population, and 4.6% is I think the Harvard acceptance rate.)
Anyhow, it's a tough problem and I don't know the right answer and don't envy anyone having to set admission policies.
His point is that they got in and feel like a failure when they could have gone to a different school and done just fine and not felt that way. And that, as such, affirmative action was actually having a negative effect on minorities.