“I want very much to find a way to define diversity where it takes into account that your parents paid God only knows how much for a college counselor and you went to the best prep schools and you got the same scores and the same grades as the kid who had none of that. Well, then, yeah, I think schools should be able to look at those two…
“I want very much to find a way to define diversity where it takes into account that your parents paid God only knows how much for a college counselor and you went to the best prep schools and you got the same scores and the same grades as the kid who had none of that. Well, then, yeah, I think schools should be able to look at those two kids realistically about which one might add more to their class.”
Well, the current problem is that the kid who has none of the advantages and did NOT get the same scores and grades is getting in over the kids who got much higher marks. Go play around on College Vine’s admissions chances tool. Put in hypothetical scores and credentials and mark Asian or White for race, then leave everything the same except change the race to Black. Your chances of admission literally DOUBLE at many top schools. With the same grades and scores! This is nonsense.
I honestly feel like the best way to combat it is for every single applicant to mark Black. Then it strips that box of its power. But really, if it’s illegal to consider race in college admission, it should be illegal to even ask for it on an application.
“I want very much to find a way to define diversity where it takes into account that your parents paid God only knows how much for a college counselor and you went to the best prep schools and you got the same scores and the same grades as the kid who had none of that. Well, then, yeah, I think schools should be able to look at those two kids realistically about which one might add more to their class.”
Well, the current problem is that the kid who has none of the advantages and did NOT get the same scores and grades is getting in over the kids who got much higher marks. Go play around on College Vine’s admissions chances tool. Put in hypothetical scores and credentials and mark Asian or White for race, then leave everything the same except change the race to Black. Your chances of admission literally DOUBLE at many top schools. With the same grades and scores! This is nonsense.
I honestly feel like the best way to combat it is for every single applicant to mark Black. Then it strips that box of its power. But really, if it’s illegal to consider race in college admission, it should be illegal to even ask for it on an application.