Take two high school students who want to go to college. One has a 3.9 grade point average and a 27 on their S.A.T. While the other student has a 3.0 and got a 21 on their S.A.T. Which student would you expect for a college to want? Would you be surprised to find out that the student with the lower S.A.T. score and lower grade point average not only got into the school over the other individual but they were also given more in financial aid then those who were in lower economic class and those who have had better scores.? I thought the reason we go to college is so that we will diligently apply ourselves to our studies, recognizing that our principal purpose as a student at a University is to obtain the best education of which we are capable. Why would a college institution do this?
             Why would a college not admit the student who has worked harder than the other to achieve good grades and has a better chance to improve the overall university? The answer is simple, race. Race is an institutions biggest influence when selecting students to attend their school. Public institutions such as colleges are required to have a certain percentage of minorities; this is because if enough minorities aren't being accepted into programs, then that institution does not get government funding. Furthermore, students of certain races are offered better scholarships then the students of other races, regardless of merit. Meaning, a student could be getting a scholarship not because they deserve it because they work hard in school, but simply because they happened to be born a particular race. The thing that shocked me the most is the two students that I was talking about was both considered minorities. One was of Asian decent the other of Latino decent. So why did the institution select one over the other if they're both minorities? Why should colleges take race as a determining factor to being accepted in a college matter?
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