<p>i'm doing a study for class, so if everyone who reads this could quicky provide the following info, i'd really appreciate it:: </p>
<p>race:
gender:
economic background:
parents education level:<br>
SAT score:
GPA:
class rank:
affirmative action based on race: good or bad?
affirmative action based on economic background: good or bad? </p>
<p>thanks! =)</p>
<p>race: Portuguese and Cape Verdean
gender: female
economic background: upper middle class
parents education level: mom- bachelors, dad- high school
SAT score: 2150/1440
GPA: 5.84/4.0
class rank: 2
affirmative action based on race: bad
affirmative action based on economic background: bad</p>
<p>...the statistician in me frets. This isn't supposed to approach the levels of scientific sampling.... is it.</p>
<p>race: Black
gender: Male
economic background: upper middle class
parents education level: mom- MBA, dad- Some College (not part of the household)
SAT score: old one 1470
GPA: 3.85/4
class rank: 1XX...hahahah...jk 169/742
affirmative action based on race: good*
affirmative action based on economic background: good*</p>
<p>*I need to add some nuance...I don't think that any legal statute that discriminates on race is a good thing, but I believe that ,unfortunately, disparities in education require the use of preferential treatment to expand opportunity.</p>
<p>Race: White
Gender: Male
Economic Background: Upper to Upper Middle Class
Parents Education Level: Dad - PhD, Mom - Masters
SAT: 1570 (Old)
GPA: 4.0
Class Rank: Not given
AA based on race: Bad
AA based on economic background: Bad</p>
<p>race: Black
gender: Male
economic background:Poor(extremely)
parents education level: Mom is working on B.S. in Psychology
SAT score: N/A; ACT: 27
GPA: 3.5/4.0
class rank: 10/182
affirmative action based on race: good*
affirmative action based on economic background: good</p>
<ul>
<li>Necessary evil that will most likely be phased out in the coming years replaced by AA based on economic status. We'll see what happens then.</li>
</ul>
<p>race:caucasian
gender: male
economic background:100k+
parents education level: College grad
SAT score: 1810
GPA: 3.3
class rank: 242/ 858
affirmative action based on race: BAD
affirmative action based on economic background: idk</p>
<p>race: ASIAN (Chinese)
gender: male
economic background: top 5% of the country
parents education level: PhD -mom, and MPA - step-father
SAT score: 620 verbal, 800 math
GPA: 4.3
class rank:1/345
affirmative action based on race: good or bad? HORRIBLE
affirmative action based on economic background: good or bad? HORRIBLE</p>
<p>"* Necessary evil that will most likely be phased out in the coming years replaced by AA based on economic status. We'll see what happens then."</p>
<p>NO SOCIAL-ECONOMIC STATUS!! NOOOOOO, that's even worse than AA</p>
<p>:D:eek::cool::p:o:):(</p>
<p>race:caucasian
gender: male
economic background:middle class
parents education level: high school graduates
SAT score: 1200
GPA: 3.0
class rank: 271/ 549
affirmative action based on race: Bad
affirmative action based on economic background: Good</p>
<p>race: asian
gender: male
economic background: middle class
parents education level: high school graduates
SAT score: 1600 (old)
GPA: 3.4(UW) / 4.1(W)
class rank: 118/628
affirmative action based on race: good or bad? good
affirmative action based on economic background: good or bad? very good</p>
<p>race: white
gender: male
economic background: middle class
parents education level: high school
SAT score: 1490 or 2200
GPA: no clue, don't care
class rank: 11/300? could be around 5 now
affirmative action based on race: good or bad? good for college, bad for workforce
affirmative action based on economic background: good or bad? see above</p>
<p>race: Mexican (not Mexican-American, I'm an international but I lived in the US for the last 6 yrs)
gender: Male
economic background: top 1%
parents education level: Both have Bachelors
SAT score: 1300*
GPA: 4.3/4.0*
class rank: top 2%
affirmative action based on race: good or bad? BAD
affirmative action based on economic background: good or bad? GOOD</p>
<p>*These were my h.s. GPA & SAT from 2 years ago (when i graduated)</p>
<p>race: asian-american
gender: male
economic background: high
parents education level: masters and phd
SAT score: 1520
GPA: uw 3.9
class rank: 99 percentile
affirmative action based on race: bad
affirmative action based on economic backgrand: good</p>
<p>race: Mixed (Arab & Haitian)
gender: Male
economic background: upper-middle class
parents education level: both masters
SAT score: 1560 (old)
GPA: 4.2 (UW)
class rank: no rank
affirmative action based on race: good or bad? GOOD
affirmative action based on economic background: good or bad? GOOD</p>
<p>Can I ask why people of different races think they deserve better treatment with AA?</p>
<p>race: Caucasian
gender: Male
economic background: upper class (i guess)
parents education level: both bachelor's
SAT score: 1540 (old)
GPA: no idea, i averaged like 4As and 2Bs a semester
class rank: 11/47 (unofficial)
affirmative action based on race: good or bad? BAD
affirmative action based on economic background: good or bad? possibly good</p>
<p>race: Caucasian
gender: Male
economic background: don't go wanting
parents education level: mom and dad both have JD's
SAT score: never took - 35 ACT - 800x3 sat subjects
GPA: ~2.3 HS ~3.92 College
class rank: 133/183 in HS - top 3% in college
affirmative action based on race: good or bad? an emphatic: BAD
affirmative action based on economic background: less evil, but still bad</p>
<p>TakingBack -- the purpose of this thread isn't to discuss AA, it's just a survey so I'll keep my comments brief.</p>
<p>I don't think anyone deserves 'special treatment' per se. I busted my arse in high school, and I don't attribute my skin color to my admissions. I support AA because I think college should be more than merely an academic experience; We live in a society that is divided by racial lines more often than most of us would like to admit, and I think that living among a diverse student body and interacting with people outside of your racial comfort zone benefits all parties. My high school was pretty much all white & some Asians, and I was shocked by how ignorant, narrow-minded, and just plain racist people could be without even realizing it. I am 100% confident that their attitudes were heavily influences by the homogeneity of their surroundings. If you've never interacted with someone from a different background, clearly you are only going to view them in abstract rather than human terms. I have other reasons as well, but they aren't as pertinent so I won't state them here.</p>
<p>As for economic background, I can't believe anyone wouldn't support AA in this regard. Why should anyone be penalized because they haven't had the benefit of wealth? Why would you want to perpetuate the cycle of poverty? That's not good for anyone on the economic spectrum in the long run.</p>
<p>race: C
gender: you know
economic background: 100K+
parents education level: PHD's
SAT score: 1510(end of soph year)
GPA: 89 :(
class rank: none
affirmative action based on race: good or bad? Terrible!!!
affirmative action based on economic background: good or bad? Pretty bad</p>