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I am a "minority" and I 100% agree with the author. If you don't qualify you don't qualify. How is it fair that you get admitted just because you are black or
by eibrahim 16y ago
I am a "minority" and I 100% agree with the author. If you don't qualify you don't qualify. How is it fair that you get admitted just because you are black or a latina or can throw a football?
I want my kids to go to caltech but only if they qualify and are smart enough.
Like the author said, the Olympic team doesn't take players because of their race but because they can play and win. The same should apply to academic institutions.
Maybe someone should sue the NBA if they don't let him in for being vertically challenged.
- kenjackson 16y agoCollege isn't an institution of knowledge. It's an institution of learning. This is why you'll often take disadvantaged students over advantaged students, even when the disadvantaged have poorer numbers. Showing you're passionate about learning and have the capacity to learn is not simply reflected in the output. You also have to look at the input. The same also goes for football and chess players. If someone excel's at something deemed "valuable" (and people will argue over this), that goes into the equation of passion for learning and produced output.