The Pay-to-Play Childhood - (link to article)

[rainbow_unicorn]

This is the problem with DEI, Common Core, or whatever you want to call it. One group is being elevated while another group is being punished. Its not the kids fault for being from the bay area. Why is quotas for every state even a thing in college acceptance? I'm sure people will say diversity diversity bla bla bla some kind of value. All you've done is accepted less of the exceptional and more of the less than average. Over time the actions will play out with the graduates and over time Yale will go from exceptional to average.

There's nothing wrong with a school wanting to have a student population that is diverse from different states.

 

[Carlsbad7]

There's nothing wrong with a school wanting to have a student population that is diverse from different states.

There is when wanting a student population that is diverse from different states means colleges are passing over intelligent highly qualified applicants to fast track lower quality applicants just because they live in a specific geography.

 

[Grace T.]

There is when wanting a student population that is diverse from different states means colleges are passing over intelligent highly qualified applicants to fast track lower quality applicants just because they live in a specific geography.

You can make the same argument with athletics: why should schools offer admission slots to athletes when there are plenty of people who have accomplished more in their intended majors or have a higher test scores? Even if more majors are being gated, this remains a particular issues for the ucs which don’t consider testing (not just for dei but because it would disrupt what’s going on with athletics too).

 

[Carlsbad7]

You can make the same argument with athletics: why should schools offer admission slots to athletes when there are plenty of people who have accomplished more in their intended majors or have a higher test scores? Even if more majors are being gated, this remains a particular issues for the ucs which don’t consider testing (not just for dei but because it would disrupt what’s going on with athletics too).

I dont really like sports in college. Play a sport and if you have the talent and opportunities to showcase it go pro and get paid to do the work.

I get what you're saying in that theres always going to be some tradeoff. What Im highlighting is the more esoteric the tradeoff becomes (we need 5 students from every state) the more groups will deviate from their end goals. Which in colleges case is to product the highest caliber graduate.