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The way I have seen AA used makes me an opponent of this decision. Maybe things have changed in the last 13 years since I was a senior in HS? I went to a HS that was about 70-80% hispanic. Many of my well to do hispanic friends were being courted by several colleges and offered scholarships left and right. I know for a fact that I had much better grades and a higher SAT score and more involvement in activities than one of my best friends yet she had her choice of colleges/scholarships etc... I had a friend (white male) that was #1 in our class had a very high SAT score, involved in many extracurricular activities and yet he was not accepted to a certain Ivy league college. Another girl (hispanic) who also had good grades but not as good as my friend, lower SAT score, about the same involvement in activities was accepted to this college. Many people knew it was probably due to AA and it caused some rift in our senior class. AA became a big topic of conversation among my senior class and it was not seen in a positive light.
I know admittance to veterinary school uses race as a big factor also -at least back in the early 90's (I worked for a professor that was on the admittance committee). I think a person should be judged on a combination of grades, extracurricular activities, interview, GRE not race or gender.
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