<p>It does</a> imply less individual consideration and no amount of wiggling is going to help you.</p>
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MIT also has an active commitment to affirmative action. "We do have affirmative action at MIT which means that we will admit every qualified African American, Mexican American, Puerto Rican and Native American student in our pool," [Marilee] Jones said.
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<p>Note it doesn't say "disadvantaged" anywhere, or actually anything that would suggest this big boost depends on anything other than ethnicity. No such blanket statement is made for poor people, or people from rural towns in New Jersey, or people who have overcome a disability. </p>
<p>There is an entire group of people for whom, based only on their color, MIT changes its standards from the usual "qualified and a perfect fit for MIT" to just "qualified". Marilee Jones tells me so. If you can still say with a straight face that this is "individualized consideration" just the same as for anyone else, then may I offer you a spot in the Bush administration communications office?</p>