Harvard University Won’t Require SAT, ACT for Admissions Next Year
As an Asian who went to an Ivy, I welcome this change.<p>Yes, it will mask a policy of keeping the proportion of Asians lower than a race neutral policy.<p>Yes, it&#x27;s racially discriminatory.<p>Yes, it&#x27;s somewhat unfair to Asians who are trying to get in.<p>But no, being fair isn&#x27;t the point of these schools. Nor is having the most academically excellent student population. If you want that, go to Berkeley or CalTech.<p>The point is to provide an exclusive and desirable brand name. If the school ended up being 50% Asian like Californian colleges, it would be less diverse, less interesting place to go to school, and lose a lot of the cachet. I wouldn&#x27;t want to go to a college that is 50% Asian and 1% black over a college that reflected the demographics of the country.<p>Asians parents need to learn that life isn&#x27;t just about testing better and having a better resume. Their kids will learn that lesson later on in life but time they learned it earlier.