But that's irrelevant in the nebulous world of college admissions.

And in a dumb move Asian-Americans voted against California’s ban in 1996 considering they have become the biggest benefactors of such a ban.

How can anybody prove why or why not they weren't accepted without an affirmative declaration by the University.

Because schools can still use all factors...when admitting students...sports, academics, background and yes any other make-believe trait to the enrichment of the student body.

So Asian students have sued due to not being accepted compared to students with lower test scores.

But that's a hard road. Because the courts have never said, it's just test scores - highest wins. College admissions are still allowed to take everything into account but race. And then can sure couch other traits not being race-based to decrease Asian acceptance.

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Posted on 6/22/17 at 3:27 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa

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But that's a hard road. Because the courts have never said, it's just test scores - highest wins. College admissions are still allowed to take everything into account but race. And then can sure couch other traits not being race-based to decrease Asian acceptance.

You're right, but it's still a more tricky, careful process than I imagined, as this article describes:

Lifting the Veil on the Holistic Process at the University of California, Berkeley

After Prop 209, black and hispanic enrollment plummeted at Cal, so it's a struggle to maintain diversity.

Interestingly, one effect of Prop 209, after witnessing the rise in Asian admissions at top universities, is that it highlighted how the top Ivy League schools suppress Asian and Jewish admissions (well unless you are in a position to make a big donation).

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