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Quote by: Fonceai  Hell, I'm a black intellectual, I'm not a millionaire, and I think it was a great idea for balancing a world that wanted to be unbalanced.
I've used aff. action. All things considered, I know I had a better GPA than the last student admitted to college... and I had a better GPA than the kid who got bumped off the bottom rung. All aff. action did was get me an earlier acceptance.
Same with financial aid... aff. action didn't make me any more needy... it just got me bumped to the top of the pile for consideration.
In that sense, aff. action is good and bad.
@brien
Dude, you didn't need to post the exact same full article twice. |
Fonce. I fixed it.
What does a millionaire have to do with anything????
I firmly believe in Thomas Sowell's point of view. I have seen students admitted to colleges such as Darmouth or Yale and not be able to cut the mustard because they aren't properly prepared or qualified. They drop out after the first semester, usually demoarlized, only not to perhaps re-enter college. They are better off matriculating in a school that best suits their preparation rather than going in over their head. This way they can maintain higher academic standards and qualify for perhaps a better graduate school. Or after two years, with higher standards from their work at a different school, then they can transfer to Dartmouth or Yale where they will be better prepared to do well. To simply fill quota seats with bodies that have no regard to qualifications is a stupid idea and panders to that which doesn't make sense in the real world.