Dropping the SAT requirement is a luxury belief
Isn&#x27;t this patently obvious that dropping the SAT is entirely about creating pretext for continued discrimination against Asian applicants?<p>In 1996, California repealed affirmative action via Prop 209.  At the UC Berkeley and UCLA, considered the &#x27;best&#x27; of the UC system, Asians represented 25-30% of the student base.  Studies and fear-mongering at the time showed that a repeal of affirmative action would imply that Asians would become 90% of the enrollment based on the admissions factors used.<p>The UC system dismantled its admissions framework, and yet despite moving to a &#x27;softer&#x27; framework, Asian enrollment at UC Berkeley rose to 65-70%, which is the case today.<p>Now the ithe same thing happening, but on a national scale, 27 years later.  It&#x27;s about time!
The reality is on any quantifiable, OBJECTIVE framework, Asians and to a lesser extent, whites, have been shown to be discriminated against.  The only way to sustain this, especially in light of the pending ruling from SCOTUS likely banning affirmative action policies at Harvard et al... is to dismantle any external, objective framework for measuring applicants.<p>Chief Justice Roberts said it plainly: &quot;the only way to end discrimination is to end discrimination.&quot;<p>My question is, if you eliminated race - &#x27;banned the box&#x27; on applications, what would the outcomes be?  Answer is self-evident and that&#x27;s the true reason the SAT and test scores in general are going away.  &quot;a rose by any other name&quot;.