<p>I've done the research on this subject, but this issue is still hazy to me. Being a minority is believed to give an applicant an advantage, but is that really fair to the qualified, but Caucasian applicants? Would it be better not to specify race at all on the application? Or would that hurt more?</p>
<p>Honestly, I'd love to hear what you all think. That's why I'm doing my mid-term DE Sociology project on this topic. If you'd like to give me you opinion for my statistical data, please, feel free to answer my lovely survey. :D</p>
<p>This is an oft-discussed topic. Do a search here for "affirmative action" and you'll see the many, many threads. </p>
<p>The only thought i would leave you with is that some schools are plainly stats driven and in one sense, very "meritocritous". Many European schools follow this model. However, when one examines the so-called "most prestigious" schools list, none of them practice this clinical way of admitting students. I would posit that the very thing that gives these schools their enhanced stature is their ability to cobble together extremely interesting and diverse student bodies.</p>
<p>I say that you can't have your cake and eat it too.</p>
<p>U gotta remember that schools admit males over more qualified females, athletes over more qualified non athletes, musicians over more qualified non musicians, rural students over more qualified urban students, intended male nursing students over more qualified female nursing majors, black male education majors over more qualified female black educators, etc. It's not just an ethnic issue. Pick your poison -- </p>
<p>Regardless, with your search results, you'll get a broad sense of people's opinions -- some that follow yours and others that don't.</p>