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发帖数: 823 | 1 推荐纯属for fun，不代表任何观点。
这书唯一的问题是年头儿有些久了，所以现在的一些情况有点跟不上。当年没孩儿，乱
逛书店的时候曾经翻过。刚刚查amazon，发现有很多有趣的评论。貌似白人中产也一样
郁闷着。
比如：While other reviewers have (jokingly?) said that they would advise
their white kids not to check the "Caucasian" box, I might advise my (still
very young) kids to say that their parents have been unemployed their whole
life.
再比如：Money still talks, as does race, leaving middle class white students
with a higher bar to jump - although I felt the author pointed out several
humanitarian reasons for affirmative action that rang true for me.
这个也有趣：CalTech is still strictly merit. The CalTech admission officer
said recently, "Race, ethnicity, gender, religion, etc. do not count at all.
" And Cornell gives a fairer shake than the other Ivies. My alma mater, MIT
, is about the worst of all. MIT's admission policies are abysmal. If you
can believe the president (Don't ever believe admission people!), over 75%
of those accepted at MIT are based on preferences. I had thought it was only
about 60%. No wonder that MIT has dumbed down so much that a significant
percentage of freshman are taking remedial math and physics. | u*****a
发帖数: 6276 | 2 我也给一个just for fun 的推论，依据上述评论：
如果超过半数的藤校新生 merit-wise 都不合格的话，那不是给那些（号称或我们假定
）merit-wise 超级合格的亚裔新生，在至少头一年里有比非亚裔新生更出彩的机会？
他们应该继续才至少四年里向太阳一样的眩目啊？至少在成绩上，和各种leadership(
present of seven, if not more, clubs) 让非亚裔望其项背呀？事实如何？其精神状
况如何？其就业情况如何？其日后当领导的比率如何？大数据在哪里？哈佛一案会不会
帮亚裔统计一下上述数据（to prove their admission decision/prediction was not
too baseless）？
当然，There are lies, damned lies and statistics，就如那些SAT 分数统计结果一
样。
证明个案谬误，比较容易。Class-action lawsuit 就不那么容易了。 |
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