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Not in most universities, especially public ones. You don't get admitted to University of Texas or Texas A&M because your dad went there, that's against state l
by TexanFeller 3y ago
Not in most universities, especially public ones. You don't get admitted to University of Texas or Texas A&M because your dad went there, that's against state law! You don't see the legacy nonsense much outside of private universities that cater to the 1%. I'm for abolishing legacy admissions, but really it affects only a tiny fraction of people.
- ameister14 3y agoAffirmative action didn't apply to most universities, anyway. It was mostly universities that catered to the 1%.
- TexanFeller 3y agoThe low tier public university I went to explicitly stated that if you were a member of certain races the SAT requirements were reduced by ~200 points. They may be less blatant about it now, but from what I've heard affirmative action is still widely practiced. That's why you hear about white kids pretending to be other races(see Elizabeth Warren), but never the other way around.
- ameister14 3y agoBy 2015, apparently in Texas really only UT Austin considered race in admissions. Under 20% of public schools did nation-wide. For Elizabeth Warren, she didn't get into school on the back of that claim, I think it was more a social kudos thing.
- nemo44x 3y agoYou’ve actually seen Asian kids claim they are white as the standard is lower in many cases. When you see the test results needed by Asians vs other races it’s jaw dropping.