<p>I believe that most minority students tagged with AA in prestigious colleges are more or less like me. that is to say that they've never faced any disadvantages due to race. The ones that really did face setbacks are probably not applying to really prestigious schools and likely to have bad grades. so basically AA is useless to help real disadvantaged students in prestigious schools anyway. it is there to help the non-disadvantaged minorities maybe just for creating diversity on campus. Remember America has this fear of not being diverse. the school's reputation would be ruined if someone complain that it is too homogeneous.
Another thing, even if you don't have to fill out race/sex and not use gender pronouns. Some people with SAT II scores in foreign language will still show their race. (also last names)</p>