OdgenTugbyGlub
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But if they're qualified, why is everyone making a fuss? They would have been admitted anyway. They implicitly can't be qualified, otherwise, we'd have no need for AA!
Most colleges I have visited (quite a few because I need to apply next summer) have given the reason of "increasing campus diversity" as their reason for supporting AA (about 50%, rough estimate, said they felt fine with it). One admissions guy told me it made the school more attractive to minorities because there are more "people of color" on campus. The idea is not to let in underqualified students, but to give students from minorities boosted representation. At least 25% of all qualified applicants (again rough estimate based on various talks with the admissions office peoples) are denied because of reasons, to me bullshit reasons, like not having the right extracurriculars or not having the best essay in the group. While I dont think it's strictly fair in the application process i support it because the inner city kids (where most of the minority applicants come from) are getting shafted by the govt.
Isn't that the whole point behind AA? Blacks live in poor areas, where their schools are "****", so why aren't they underqualified? That's why AA exists, to promote them in the lottery of life, to paraphrase. If that's not why AA exists, please tell us what else it's there for?
I never said the underqualified people are the ones being let in. I admit there have to be cases where underqualified students are let in due to quotas, but on the whole colleges throw RIGHT OUT all applications which don't meet the minimum requirments for entrance and then go from there. As I said above, most colleges say its to "increase campus diversity" or someother such reason. True, it gives a bit of an unfair edge to minority students, but untill there is an overhaul of public education, I think the system should stay in place (with a little tweeking, not a complete overhaul, to correct the instances where quotas force underqualified students to be let in.