unkown1961
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Interestingly, research showed that "43 percent of white students admitted to Harvard University were recruited athletes, legacy students, children of faculty and staff, or...whose parents or relatives have donated to Harvard."The elimination of legacy, donor and athletic preference would open up way more slots to "qualified candidates" than affirmative action policies have closed.
None of this bothers me personally, since my scions, male and female, have always been offered slots wherever they applied. And we are about as white as they come. I suppose if my "qualified candidates" had been less "qualified" and had been rejected, my attitude might be different.
"The study also found that roughly 75 percent of the white students admitted from those four categories, labeled 'ALDCs' in the study, “would have been rejected if they had been treated as white non-ALDCs,”
I'd be upset if I had a doctor who got extra points because he was a white legacy or could play lacrosse.
For the Academies, points are also given to kids who's parents were former military and if they were Academy grads. To me that is the same as giving a bump to someone from an underrepresented category. And it could be said that there are non-qualified cadets being admitted
No minority is automatically granted admission solely based on being a minority. They still have to meet min standards. Then extra points could be given based on the school needed a diverse student body. I can accept this at an Academy more than giving a bump because the kid's dad was an alum or that the soccer coach wants the kid on his team.