This is a myth, and it's been debunked countless times, but it keeps getting repeated as fact (because it's the basis of the plaintiff's argument).
HN is very anti-anti-racism, so I fully expect this comment to get buried, but it's both surprising and frustrating to a crowd that otherwise likes to think of itself as data-informed throw around talking points that are based on logically fallacious readings of the data.
Change my mind then, and debunk it. Refuting isn't debunking.
The Harvard Crimson disagrees with you.
You are linking to a student-run paper written and staffed by undergraduates, in which they report that "Asian-American matriculates had the highest average SAT score", which is not particularly meaningful because nobody (not even the plaintiffs in the lawsuit) claim that race and SAT scores are the only two factors that determine admissions.
This is exactly what I mean by facile readings of the data.
This is the best way we have to resolve disagreements and they ruled. Saying they are wrong is not terribly useful.
I don’t agree with all their rulings, but not sure how we set up a better system for resolving serious disagreements.
https://cew.georgetown.edu/cew-reports/selectivebias/
https://www.city-journal.org/article/college-admissions-bias...
As I understand it, there was some evidence: Asians applications were being suppressed, due to volume to maintain...a more diverse student body (or maybe just every elite school was racist?). https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherrim/2023/02/27/what-...
More or less, but not precisely. How do you define a "minority race"? Universities in America discriminate against Asian Americans despite them being a minority of the American population generally, ostensibly because they're over-represented in universities.