Random thought, Affirmative Action is kinda degrading to minorities.

Right back at you. You were quick to judge Diana and Nha too. OH WOW AN ENTIRE 100 POINTS HIGHER!! Niceeeeee. Got more 5s? Niceeeeeee /r/humblebrag right? People are intelligent in different ways: musically smart, book-smart, "street"-smart, artistically smart, and more (refer to multiple intelligences). Nha: maybe she was more artistically inclined? You shouldn't be quick to judge her for being indecisive. Most college students change their major at least once, and YOU probably will too. WOOOWWWWW got into Stanford? IT'S RANKED #1 SO I MUST BE SMARTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE!!!! No. When schools go below the ten percent mark for acceptance rate, admissions committees look for FIT. Stanford is an excellent school with an innovative student body, but there are tons of colleges with student bodies of the same quality. I congratulate you on your achievements. I never said your successes are attributable to your URM status; you swung an ad hominem. I'm not blaming AA because I got rejected; I probably didn't put in enough effort onto my essays as I should have. I'm perfectly happy with where I'm going. However, when you're trying to bash people just because they got a 4 on APES (OHMYGOODDDDD THE HORRRRORRRRR), you're comparing a score that may have been the result of missing a few more questions. AA was a remarkable effort by LBJ, but it was created fifty years ago. IT NEEDS REFORM according to changes in America's demographics. It disadvantages half the country's students. I will never know why I got rejected from certain schools, but if one of the reasons was my race, I'd be pretty damn furious.

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