Melanin & DNA Matter @ Harvard

Colleges and Universities A-Z Harvard University
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“A white student who is near the bottom of the pack academically, but has legacy status, has roughly the same chance of getting in than a typical Asian applicant in the top tenth (see chart).”

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2019/10/04/does-harvard-accept-its-cleverest-applicants?al_applink_data=%7B%22target_url%22%3A%22https%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fecon.st%5C%2F35qgVT9%22%2C%22extras%22%3A%7B%22fb_app_id%22%3A128869720483178%7D%2C%22referer_app_link%22%3A%7B%22url%22%3A%22fb%3A%5C%2F%5C%2F%5C%2F%3Fapp_id%3D128869720483178%22%2C%22app_name%22%3A%22Facebook%22%7D%7D

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This isn’t news, and has been discussed ad nauseam on http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1843141-race-in-college-applications-faq-discussion-12.html

If you want to discuss this, why don’t you simply post to that thread instead of starting a new one?

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Actually, affirmative action/race in admissions isn’t allowed on CC beyond the thread posted above.

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Closing thread for the 2 reasons listed above.