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<p>A lot of large state schools also have GPA/ACT/SAT thresholds above which applicants are auto-admits. This is simply to save time/money in application decisions–it is not the ideal or intended route of the college. It is also not a holistic approach to admissions. Michigan let anyone over 100 points in automatically. </p>
<p>The question (at least that I’m posing) is whether colleges that take a holistic approach to admissions in general intentionally favor URMs simply because they listed “black” or “Hispanic” in the application (i.e. they abandon their holistic practices in favor of Affirmative Action). This is the only way that race alone–without context–could have a factor in admissions. </p>
<p>Schools that don’t practice true holistic admissions (most state schools don’t) are not really good examples of AA. They might be trying to gather low income students with life experiences in a quick way by targeting groups that typically have lower income.</p>