<p>"Incentives and a 'holistic' admissions process have improved numbers that troubled the school."</p>
<p>I wonder how they determine "holistic". If you are black, you are more whole than if you are Asian?</p>
<p>Maybe if you're black, you're more likely to have a lower income. If you have a lower income, that has to be weighted against lower grades.</p>
<p>Uhh no. They would already consider the income factor regardless of race prior to switching to "holistic" admissions. The justification is that blacks may have felt societal stigma from the burden of slavery and lacked the pressure to do well which thus cause them to have lower scores.</p>
<p>Blacks are just as smart as any other group and should be held to the same standards.</p>
<p>This year a noticably larger percentage of admitted blacks actually decided to register at UCLA. Last year 49% of admitted African Americans sent in their SIRs. This year that number rose to 56%.</p>
<p>In contrast the percentage of admitted Asians that sent in their SIRs was 41%, down from 45% in 2006.</p>
<p>"Blacks are just as smart as any other group and should be held to the same standards."</p>
<p>I agree with you 100%, fastMEd.</p>
<p>Where's the beef? :rolleyes:</p>
<p>lol flopsy</p>
<p>im glad there are more black students. it gets boring with teh same ol...</p>