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Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned by ckemere on Thursday June 29, 2023 @10:10PM (#36529699)
Status please? My understanding is that something like 50% of white students had a non academic boost (including legacy and "athletics"). *Harvard specifically, not UNC
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Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned by az226 on Thursday June 29, 2023 @11:11PM (#36530094)
In a typical class of 2500 students at Harvard, removing legacy preference would increase the minority population by 25. Removing athletic preference would and another 25. Removing minority racial preference would remove 450.

450 is 18x times larger than 25. But lots of legacy whataboutism. It’s not as big of an impact as people like to think / eat the rich, etc.

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