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Here's a great response to how colleges can ensure diversity since this will likely get struck down. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/10/20/opinion/affirmative

• puffoflogic 4y ago
  > The fact that we get any Black students in under-resourced neighborhoods testing within 100 points of White students, who have been prepping for the test since the eighth grade, that is a miracle of over-performance That is disgustingly, outrageously racist.
  • QuarterReptile 4y ago
    Could you elaborate?
    • Ntrails 4y ago
      Not the poster, but the implication is that all white students are highly privileged in well resourced school districts. It's not technically what was said, but I agree the implication is pretty strong and unreasonable. You can have other readings ofc. Honestly the boundary between race/money/class/privilege is a pretty rough space to hang around.
• trention 4y ago
  "Ensuring diversity" is not a worthwhile goal for any institution.
• hot_gril 4y ago
  Standardized tests are an opportunity for students to distinguish themselves no matter what school they're stuck in. Yes the wealthier students on average study more for the SAT, but anyone can study for it with widely available materials. UC Berkeley got rid of the SAT/ACT requirement and is making their own test instead; if other schools did this, having so many different tests would ironically favor those with the most resources. And what's the alternative? There's not a lot else to go off of since GPAs are whatever.