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By Alreadybitter (Alreadybitter) on Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 12:41 pm: Edit

thanks for finding this article. not reassuring and but least i'll have a reason when the UCs reject my a$$ and it won't be because i wasn't 'good enough'

By uc on Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 01:38 pm: Edit

this is "affirmative action" of a sort, just packaged differently.

By tenisghs on Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 04:01 pm: Edit

This form of "affirmative action" benefits Latinos the most. It hardly benefits Asians. When you write "hardships" essays, it benefits Latinos, which an overwhelming majority are working-class, and some low-income white families. Sure it helps black families, which tend to be fragmented. Many black families, however, who do apply to college are not working-class.