college admissions lol
whole process is a joke, a scam and an illusion. just like wanting to go to "x" college because they only take "x" amount of students. therefore it must be better.
is there such a thing as a right college or university....nope.........just levels of elitist views, and if you didn't go to "x" school you're not as smart or as good as me
1. Diversity is important. Harvard is a private university and they (not the government) should be free to set their own standards. BTW Druff, have you ever been to UC Irvine?
2. Everyone of those Asians that didn't get into Harvard got into a really good school somewhere else.
3. America ain't fair. Sometimes you have to work harder than everyone else to get your share. Even then you sometimes get screwed.
So my response is boo, hoo. Work harder and maybe you can get into Harvard for grad school.
1. Private organizations shouldn't be allowed to racially discriminate. You're an attorney, so you know this very well. I realize that "affirmative action" crap has allowed such racial discrimination, but honestly these numbers seem to indicate that the discrimination at Harvard is only against Asians, as every other ethnic group slightly benefited in admissions at their expense.
2. Harvard is not the only school discriminating against Asians. Yes, Asians with great grades and test scores will get into a high quality college, but that doesn't justify screwing them out of admissions to top universities such as Harvard. It would be like a top restaurant in Beverly Hills telling a black person, "We don't serve blacks here, but there are plenty of great restaurants down the street which do, so you'll still have a great meal tonight."
3. While America can't have 100% fairness in everything, large universities practicing massive racial discrimination in admissions is a real problem which shouldn't just be shrugged off.
Additionally, as I mentioned before, racial discrimination in admissions doesn't even make sense, as there are poor white people, poor Asians, rich blacks, and rich Hispanics. So it really does happen where a rich black kid gets a spot over a poor Asian, which is completely counter to everything they're supposedly trying to accomplish.
As I said, I would be more okay with an affirmative action program which gave a leg up to poor people who overcame a lot to succeed in high school and apply to college. That would at least equalize some of the advantage that rich/middle class people have in their upbringing and resources, which often leads to better performance in school. The rich/middle class Asian kid with the Tiger Mom is much more likely to succeed in school than the black kid in the inner city whose single mom is gone all day working a low wage job. But I have a real problem when race alone is used for giving allowances in college admissions, as often those advantages are given to those who already had a very comfortable and easy life.
todge would you disown the black child if they could get into harvard on their own academic merits but went to cal state northridge instead
I've got two young kids and this is exactly how I see it and how I'll be raising them. No desire to be their friend or liked by them. I'm a loving dad but there are no video games allowed in my house and the tv stays off Monday to Friday. They get it on the weekend assuming all chores are done. You know what the shocking thing is, the more structure and discipline the happier they are. As long as you don't cross the line to being a tyrant and you let them have a lot of fun when it's earned I think more structure, discipline and responsibility is the way to go with kids.
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