this is why affirmative action is senseless

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<p>the URM students who are admitted to ivy league and other top schools who are not qualified (<2000 SATs, <3.5 GPA) are obviously not going to be able to handle the difficult coursework at these schools. most of them will probably have to drop out of school and transfer elsewhere.</p>

<p>i know a guy who was admitted to cornell purely based on his ethnicity (hispanic). his SAT score was a 1900 and his HS gpa was ~3.5. where is he now, you ask? hes on his 2nd academic leave from cornell due to his low GPA, and he currently attends a community college in texas.</p>

<p>admitting people to top colleges who don't have the intelligence for it is stupid. i wish there was some sort of statistic to show how many URMs with low academic highschool stats ended up dropping out or doing poorly in these top colleges, i can guarantee that their performance at these colleges is significantly lower than other students who were actually qualified</p>

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<p>lol lemme hit u wid a Why u mad tho?</p>

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<p>not mad at all. although you will be when you flunk out of your precious MIT.</p>

<p>LOL U JELLY???</p>

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<p>lololol dis is funneh</p>

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<p>MIT is a smart young man, although arrogant and pretentious. He will do well at MIT.</p>

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<p>So, because you know one person who had low stats and was a minority, you come to the conclusion that the majority of URMs are <2000 sats and <3.5 gpas?</p>

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<p>lol and yet my GPA’s higher than a 3.9… so why u mad tho?</p>

<p>If I apply myself, I can do whatever the hell I want,</p>

<p>u mad cause Im stylin on ya brah?</p>

<p>otherwise… way to generalize bro.</p>

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Why only URMs? While we’re at it, let’s do the same for the white students!</p>

<p>foh, OP.</p>

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<p>LOL good luck getting into MIT with a 3.9</p>

<p>change your name to “abouttogetrejectedfromMIT16” LOLOLOL u mad ahahahhahahaha</p>

<p>yes, i would like to make that a large diet coke with my order of fries. hahahaha. your better suited for the local community college</p>

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<p>and tell me why all the URMs I know that go to top colleges are actually doing pretty well and succeeding. Mmhmm, **** out of here.</p>

<p>v 3.97 to you *****.</p>

<p>I’m sure people with lower GPAs got in. </p>

<p>But hey, come at me bro.</p>

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<p>mmhmm… sure. Have anything cool you want to say?</p>

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<p>take a seat kid, you just got verbally and intellectually owned</p>

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<p>On topic though, the hispanic kid who got in probally got in not solely on his ethnicity. Rethink affirmative action as taking the best students of the URM population, not out of the whole population. The ethnic percentages in colleges are really skewed at the moment.</p>

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<p>You don’t compete with hispanic opposite gender candidates.</p>

<p>You compete with your own gender and race.</p>

<p>And debating this on CC does so much for the cause. Write Obama a letter.</p>

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<p>Lol this thread</p>

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<p>Actually MIT has a very good chance on getting in, if he gets a decent SAT score.</p>

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<p>Here’s the problem I see with affirmative action: we will never be able to equalize society. When it comes to benefits such as voting, etc, minorities have stood up for equality. But when it comes to benefits such as college admissions, I don’t hear any minorities against affirmative action due to its plain inequality. See the problem? There are opposing trends. </p>

<p>Then the question arises: why are minorities given the preference? Well, they come from disadvantaged backgrounds (not saying everyone is, but I’m looking at this in a broader perspective). Why are they disadvantaged? They either don’t have the money, or they don’t have the educational resources (often, these go hand in hand, especially in urban areas). How do we solve this problem? Well, since we can’t exactly give people money, we can educate them. We need the good teachers to go to urban areas; right now, the teachers with highest seniority are going to good schools in better areas. If we give these teachers the incentive (What better incentive than money? After all, teachers always make it a point to declare how low their salaries are, at least at my school), we can funnel the good teachers to the areas where minorities live and kill the whole affirmative action deal. This is my opinion. Don’t hate. You are entitled to your opinion, I am to mine.</p>

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<p>Um, money is the problem. Paying teachers actually doesn’t motivate them to be better teachers. Suprising, but true.</p>

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<p>^Reread my post, that’s not what I said. I said if you put the better, more experienced teachers in the worst areas (by giving them more money as an incentive) then we can get rid of affirmative action.</p>