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<p>Yes, because of adcom bias. They see less minority applicants thus they are more intrigued by them. </p>
<p>Do you think that if the situation reversed–i.e. there were way more black/Hispanic applicants than whites, would we still be favoring blacks/Hispanics? We would favor whites, simply because they are the statistically interesting candidate now. </p>
<p>But if we had a lot of great athletes, we wouldn’t stop recruiting athletes. Each college would still want the best athletes, regardless of relative availability.</p>
<p>I am trying to distinguish athletes/legacies from race. Race does not necessarily put you into a different pile with a different distribution of admits. It simply gives you a leg up because you’re RARE. You are still subject to the fluctuations of the holistic review process, though. You are not a different candidate than the interesting guy who speaks 10 languages. You’re just that–interesting. </p>
<p>I am also trying to point out that there’s no good stats to support ANY of us. I think we’re agreeing on this by now, though.</p>