Re:No, I Am Not Lost – A Black Woman's Experience in the Sta...
by aliston on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @08:24PM
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Up until 2003, it really was this explicit:
The University of Michigan used a 150-point scale to rank applicants, with 100 points needed to guarantee admission. The University gave underrepresented ethnic groups, including African-Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans, an automatic 20-point bonus towards their score, while a perfect SAT score was worth 12 points.
The University of Michigan used a 150-point scale to rank applicants, with 100 points needed to guarantee admission. The University gave underrepresented ethnic groups, including African-Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans, an automatic 20-point bonus towards their score, while a perfect SAT score was worth 12 points.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratz_v._Bollinger
That got ruled unconstitutional, so now its implicit:
Asian Americans, Lee says, are penalized by 50 points — in other words, they had to do that much better to win admission.
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-adv-asian-race...