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Topic	Wow, Asians really do get hit hard by affirmative action
Fony 06/17/18 3:53:31 PM #15:	TomNook20 posted... Oh_Boy_ posted... This in now way indicates demographics actually in medical school, or any school No one said it did. They're talking about acceptance rates, not how many people from each made up group goes to the school. Oh_Boy_ posted... If these schools want a diverse campus, they have to consider race. This is true, at the end of the day unless you're flipping a coin for each application, you have to discriminate on some basis, and the tricky thing is figuring out what discrimination is considered fair or unfair. Even without such strict discrimination, If every race was screened the same...Asians would still have by far the worst looking acceptance rate. This being the only angle of attack looks not so great for the argument. Assuming that Harvard and other schools were filtering all applications equally, the Asian acceptance rate would go up by maybe 1 or 2%. I know that you wouldn't be happy with that either, but it is what it is. --- It's not the end of the world, but we can see it from here. <cite>Fony posted [p:903446766] in Wow, Asian... [t:76723783]...</cite> <quote><cite>TomNook20 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Oh_Boy_ posted...</cite> <quote>This in now way indicates demographics actually in medical school, or any school</quote> No one said it did. They're talking about acceptance rates, not how many people from each made up group goes to the school. <cite>Oh_Boy_ posted...</cite> <quote> If these schools want a diverse campus, they have to consider race.</quote> This is true, at the end of the day unless you're flipping a coin for each application, you have to discriminate on some basis, and the tricky thing is figuring out what discrimination is considered fair or unfair.</quote> Even without such strict discrimination, If every race was screened the same...Asians would still have by far the worst looking acceptance rate. This being the only angle of attack looks not so great for the argument. Assuming that Harvard and other schools were filtering all applications equally, the Asian acceptance rate would go up by maybe 1 or 2%. I know that you wouldn't be happy with that either, but it is what it is. --- It's not the end of the world, but we can see it from here.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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