Harvard Admissions

[Hark_The_Sound_2010]

The Harvard admissions department has been accused of discriminating against Asians and Whites by applying a personality factor that is designed to award additional points to other races that they want more of in their school. The one Asian that they were able to find that scored positively on the personality portion of the admissions had confided that he was "grappling with sexual identity" which is thought to have given him the positive nod.

Here's a good article on the situation by Howie Carr, a fellow Tar Heel alum (although his politics are in pretty strict contrast with the school's at this point):
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/howie_carr/2018/10/howie_carr_straight_path_into_harvard

Thoughts? Is it good that schools have these admissions standards that penalize certain races in favor of others, or should those policies be banned?

 

[cletusnow]

Not surprised. Par for the course IMHO, but still not right. Admissions should be based upon academics alone. That Harvard degree is not what it used to be.

 

[NoleSoup4U]

Banned. Use a meritocracy. Otherwise, you're just cheapening the accomplishments of minorities who make it in on their own merit.