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Would it have been too much effort for the author to just show the numbers in the main article instead of burying them on two separate pages?
by sxp 2y ago
Would it have been too much effort for the author to just show the numbers in the main article instead of burying them on two separate pages?
2024-27 2028
American Indian/Alaskan Native 2% 1%
Asian American 41% 47%
Black/African American 13% 5%
Hispanic/Latino 15% 11%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 1% 0%
White/Caucasian 38% 37%
https://mitadmissions.org/apply/process/profile/ https://mitadmissions.org/apply/process/profile/
https://mitadmissions.org/apply/process/composite-profile/ https://mitadmissions.org/apply/process/composite-profile/
- paxys 2y agoData clearly shows what people have been trying to argue for years – that diversity efforts in college admissions are directly at the expense of Asian applicants.
- mysterydip 2y agoI've noticed recently that some people are trying to muddy the waters further by saying "Asians are white" and lumping the two together.
- TMWNN 2y agoIt's why the term "BIPOC" was created.
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- nkurz 2y agoI was about to post the same. Obviously, it wasn't a lack of effort that left out these numbers from article. Cynically, it's because they wanted the reader to reach a conclusion that the numbers did not support. It is confusing that "Asian American" went up by only 6% while the other percentages went down by a combined 14%. 1% of this is explained by more international students (10% -> 11%). I think the rest of the answer must be the note that says "Total exceeds 100% as students may indicate more than one option." Did more applicants choose multiple races than in previous year because there are more multi-racial students or because of a change in response rate? It's a big enough difference that it might change how the results should be interpreted.