Random, but bothersome question

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>If colleges clearly use race as an admissions factor.... URM (underrepresented minorities) are favored highly and ORM (overrepresented minorities) are slightly unfavored.... then why does the commonapp say "No information you provide will be used in a discriminatory manner." above the ethnicity/personal info???</p>

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<p>A question for the ages, indeed! I suppose because Affirmative Action and URM quotas are viewed as the antithesis of discrimination. ???</p>

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Exactly. ^_^</p>

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<p>yes ive always wondered the same thing.</p>