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<p>asayedahmad08, this quote was taken from the thread you linked to. You may not like to call it affirmative action, but there is no denying that race plays a role in college admissions.</p>
<p>Publics and privates can use AA (wow this became an AA thread). The race cannnot be the determining factor (Bakke v. UCB regents i think was the case). However, race can be considered, and is. IMO you wont get into a college because you are black, but if you are black it can be a factor that helps a slightly low SAT or GPA or slight lack of strong ECs. Public institutions have to follow this because they get cash from state governments. Private institutions dont have to follow the rules, they just lose their federal funding, which is huge for private schools that dont have giant endowments like HYP.</p>
<p>AA is legal, a school just can't make quotas and cant admit or deny admission based on race.</p>