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<p>Sorry to nitpick, but it’s less than 24. UCB and UCLA definitely don’t consider race, and I’ve heard that Caltech doesn’t either.</p>
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<p>This is just semantics. When people say “more qualified”, they usually mean more desirable to colleges on the basis of academic record, extracurricular activities, and personal qualities–basically everything except a student’s race and socioeconomic status. The question that the AA debate seeks to answer is whether making admissions decisions on the basis of these characteristics alone is a good thing. So while I completely agree with you that phrases such as “more qualified” are meaningless in an objective sense, please recognize that you are merely pointing out a semantic discrepancy and are not actually engaging the fundamental argument which AA detractors are making.</p>