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State mandated racism is always wrong, and ends up hurting those it it intended to help. At this point, you don't know if a minority graduate is the best qualified person for a position, or an Afirmative Action poster child.
I guess academic ability and grades don't mean anything anymore.
It's all about race now and forced diversity/equality.
Well it is CA so let them do what they want.
In the end their system may lose their good reputation about quality education though.
Hyperbole, but consider that "legacies" get preference, too.
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Originally Posted by LuckyGem
The dems are trying to enact legisation that gives preference to students applying to state universities based on race. The text of the bill seems to contradict itself.
Do you agree? Or disagree? And why...
Why would they consider those points if no preference is given?
In my opinion race, gender, ethnicity, national origin, geographic origin, and household income should never be considered as a qualification to be admitted to a university. Only merit and accomplishment should be considered.
That would go against centuries of "legacy" admissions and the "good old boys" network that has been in place for forever.
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Originally Posted by jadams475
Modern Racism on Whites is now encouraged..
I live in the dorms at my university, my best friend in high school, she was European decent with a 3.4 GPA, did not get accepted in the university
My dorm roommate, African decent, was accepted as a student at our university, she told me her GPA was a 2.8 in high school
This is a growing problem of America.. its scary and sad
Did not vote in the poll due to lack of sane choices. As for my opinion on the subject, I would rather have state of California work to establish public universities that accept students on their excellence and keep it immune from corruption by money. All should be welcome, as long as they have the capacity to make it in through academic performance.
According to one study (obviously not basing everything on this one), legacies don't get as much of an advantage as blacks, Hispanics and athletes.
That depends onthe college. At some D-3 colleges, athletics is secondary, or even tertiary. My older daughter went to a private liberal arts college where about 30% of the admits were legacies. (She was not.)
Did not vote in the poll due to lack of sane choices. As for my opinion on the subject, I would rather have state of California work to establish public universities that accept students on their excellence and keep it immune from corruption by money. All should be welcome, as long as they have the capacity to make it in through academic performance.
There were two choices.
One sane, one insane.
What you mean is there weren't enough INSANE choices.
It seems this poll is pretty clear how people perceive this issue:
You cannot spend decades, huge sums of money, and a tremendous effort convincing us that we are all equal.
And then turn around and say "except...."
I went to one school where grad students were eligible for a scholarship. One applicant was a white female student from Ireland with a working-class background, the other student was a black female student from Nigeria where the father was an M.D and the mother a college professor (both in the US). Guess who got the scholarship...not the person who needed it...
And which University was this? I'm still waiting to hear back from another user that had a similar story to yours but oddly enough the brand new user has yet to respond.
And which University was this? I'm still waiting to hear back from another user that had a similar story to yours but oddly enough the brand new user has yet to respond.
Columbia University. And if it helps you, I was on the Admissions Committee for their Ph.D program in O-D Psychology.
What you mean is there weren't enough INSANE choices.
THAT is what I meant by insane. Or, would you prefer I call this a troll thread?
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