A report in the LA Times revealed that blacks and Hispanics get bonus
SAT points at elite universities based on their race. Asian students however are
penalized 50 points due to their race. The LA Times
reported, via DownTrend:
Lee’s next slide shows three columns of numbers
from a Princeton University study that tried to measure how race and ethnicity
affect admissions by using SAT scores as a benchmark. It uses the term “bonus”
to describe how many extra SAT points an applicant’s race is worth.
She points
to the first column.
African Americans received a “bonus” of 230
points, Lee says.
She points to the second column.
“Hispanics received a bonus of 185 points.”
The last column draws gasps.
Asian Americans, Lee says, are penalized by 50
points — in other words, they had to do that much better to win admission.
“Do Asians need higher test scores? Is it harder
for Asians to get into college? The answer is yes,” Lee says. “Zenme keyi,” one
mother hisses in Chinese. How can this be possible?
Downtrend also noted that college athletes
also receive bonus points during the application process.....This Appeared Here…..
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