My Friend got a Phone Call From the Harvard Undergrad Minority Recruitment?

[Jersey13]

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I’m saying there is nothing INHERENTLY SPECIAL about an URM. If they are not low-income, if they have not faced unique obstacles, if they live in a wealth community, then they are no different than a white applicant. There is no reason that an adcom should prefer them because they add nothing to the school–they are pseudo-diversity.</p>

<p>And yet they ARE favored. Because they are statistically rare and an adcom sits up in their seat when they find an applicant that is black. It wouldn’t make sense to think this is due to AA–affirmative action shouldn’t favor students that don’t add diversity to the school.

See Gratz v. Bollinger. Although UMich’s previous system was deemed unconstitutional as of 2003, there is no denying the fact that up until 2003, UMich gave all URM applicants a boost simply because of their race/ethnicity. In fact, the ruling even allowed this “affirmative action” to continue as long as UMich discontinued it’s point system.</p>