<p>affirmative action should be about economic background, not racial background. Why should a black girl whose parents makes 7 figures over a white guy who is living below the poverty level?</p>
<p>^ because colleges have quotas to reach. they need to hit that 8% mark for blacks, there might not be that many qualified blacks applying but legally they need to hit that mark</p>
<p>ok, so what if that quota is already filled?</p>
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helps out a TON, i.e. it will be the difference between acceptance and rejection
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wrong.....</p>
<p>it will definitely help out ALOT. believe me, i have friends at hyps that we're in the same situation as you and had nothing special. almost sub par you could say</p>
<p>^just stop, use the search thread feature on affirmative action. </p>
<p>your arguments been played out SO many times. And neither of you have much idea what you're even talking about.</p>
<p>CC is not the place to find that kind of information, it'll only mess you up.</p>
<p>The 'bump' you receive from URM status is absolute. That means even if your means of living is greater than the average white or asian applicant, your race will still give you an edge. Such is life.</p>
<p>I almost feel bad checking it, but on the other hand I feel like it's stupid for me not to?</p>
<p>Eh..</p>
<p>I don't know what happens behind closed doors, but it seems to have helped a lot of people from my school. Then again, a lot of them were actually disadvantaged kids who attended programs that set them up for placement in prep schools and they are on full financial aid, overcame a lot, etc.</p>
<p>check the box. you can't help what race you were born</p>
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what about essays? what about recs? those matter too... you can't really judge the quality of those, as you aren't in the adcom's position.
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but i can say, as i know them both and am friends with them both, that there's no way that the girl would have better essays and recs than the guy. SERIOUSLY...sometimes you just..know. i am sure that the guy has better recs because 1) his teachers frequently use him as a role model in class 2) his teachers can't stop talking about how awesome/funny he is and 3) his teachers love him. DONE oh and i read their essays</p>
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Let the college build its class, find the class you like, apply there, and hope YOU get in and stop stressing about it.
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i really really would NOT want a class filled with asians...promise...just ppl act like affirmative action/gender bias doesn't happen</p>
<p>thanks captain obvious</p>
<p>^who's he talking about?</p>
<p>lol i should consider a name change then?
i wish i could be more 'asian' than i am tho...like more studying and stuff. that'll bring my grades up. i have a horrible case of procrastination. that's not typical of asians. lmao i should put that on the apps...no haha j/k</p>
<p>i kno some kid who applied to a really really safety school for fun, even tho his grades and SAT scores were WAY over the top for the school. on his app it asked him to write about his work habits and he wrote "i procrastinate a lot i don't do hw etc" and he got rejected lollol</p>
<p>^he must be rich or just bored outta his mind. what school did he end up goin tho just curious</p>
<p>My last name is Yang...guess it's not that hard to figure out that I'm asian. I didn't really care about being Asian when I applied for my ED (accepted). AND not all Asians are naturally good in math! I struggles in my Calculus BC class. I hate math...ugh.</p>
<p>Being asian could work neither way...just don't worry about it and work hard on your applications and essays.</p>
<p>princeton haha i think it was his #1</p>
<p>some schools state that they are committed to making their class such and such percentage minorities, it could definitely help but you need other stuff too.</p>
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^who's he talking about?
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<p>i was talking to the OP</p>