<p>Pretending I believe you - creating a "policy" is nothing unless you actually handle each application. People create "policies" for a lot of BS that doesn't get followed through - it means nothing if nobody respects it. And as far as I know, you could have been a mail clerk on said commitee.</p>
<p>Also, according to your "policy" you say you helped develop, your school is completely biased. Congrats.</p>
<p>Edit: Your age is 16, you're at a University and you're on an application commitee? Really, change your age when you attempt to lie your ass off. </p>
<p>Nonetheless, you're starting to bore me.
So ciao.</p>
<p>I am 16, and yes I was on the committee. ASU is a huge school and few applications are actually looked at personally. It is very numbers-based, but the requirements for URMs are lower.</p>
<p>I think people put way too much emphasis on the "$800 SAT prep session." Sure, people benefit from them,but I think a book can be just as good (perhaps even better if highly motivated) than one of these sessions.</p>
<p>Concerning racism, college admissions, and the SAT, i think that it's quite possible that it is racist, but I definitely do not think that "minorities" are incapable of competing at the same level as any other applicant. I'm a minority and I got a 2150 on my first try and a 2250 on my second (with only the aid of a prep book). People are too hasty to hide behind affirmative action as an easy way tp get in to college. I'm not saying that there are not disparities, but could we all please try not to always blame something else for not being as competitive an applicant?</p>
<p>are you allowed not to put down your ethnicity on your college apps?</p>
<p>Yeah it's allowed.</p>
<p>yes. it's "optional"</p>
<p>and what benefit/disadvantage would that serve if any?</p>