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> And Asians have higher SAT scores than everyone else. And that might be the biggest reason to prefer "holistic review" over SAT scores. Originally invented t
by breadwinner 3y ago
> And Asians have higher SAT scores than everyone else.
And that might be the biggest reason to prefer "holistic review" over SAT scores. Originally invented to limit the number of Jews [1], "holistic reviews" is now being used to limit the number of Asians in top universities.
[1] https://www.economist.com/united-states/2018/06/23/a-lawsuit-reveals-how-peculiar-harvards-definition-of-merit-is https://www.economist.com/united-states/2018/06/23/a-lawsuit...
- carabiner 3y agoThat's why you prefer holistic review?
- breadwinner 3y agoNot me, the universities who do engage in "holistic reviews". See article: https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/12/the-false-promise-of-holistic-college-admissions/282432/ https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/12/the-fa... Excerpts from the story: From colleges’ perspective, “holistic” is just shorthand for, we make the decisions we make, and would rather not be asked to spell out each one. It’s a way for schools to discreetly take various sensitive factors—“overrepresented” minorities, or students whose families might donate a gym—into account.