re: You be the admissions director

Good morning, Grind.

1. Just because I log off at 5 pm I'm not going to bed. Cooking dinner, watching Judge Judy Tivos with the wife, playing with the dogs and then off to bed at 7.

2. I've thought of a way I can explain why this is not 'need based' as is stuck in your brain. So, pay attention to this illustration:

Let's compare needs based with aff action for blacks. First: Aff action: The College, Wassammata U. requires a 32 on the ACT for admission. With this requirement they end up with 99% white and Asian and 1% black. That's not diversity. So, they lower the requirement for blacks down to 26. This is aff action.

Now, let's look at traditional needs based. They require 32. John and Mary both have 32. John is rich. Mary is poor. John is admitted but must pay. Mary is admitted and gets a needs based scholarship. There is NO lowering of the ACT requirement.

Now, the new Poverty idea. Requirement is 32. Any poor person with a 32 gets a full needs based scholarship. This results in the school being 99% rich and 1% poor because the poor people don't make 32. So, the new diversity program lowers the requirement for the poor down to 26.

It replaces 'black' with 'poor.'

If you still don't understand I can't help you.