... areas of the country class ranking for college admittance will not promote fairness or equality to the students. The article gives academic information on the students including class rank, G.P.A., ACT & SAT scores, senior-year classes, A.P. courses completed, last book read, and then a comment from the student on their future college plans. Granesh, Earl G. "The Other Affirmative Action." Black Enterprise May. 2002 An ... rather than certain races. Martinez, Valentino B. "The Affirmative Action Debacle: How a 20th Century Solution is Becoming America's 21st Century Problem." Hispanic T...

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... white, applied for admission to the University of Michigan's Law School. She was denied. After investigating she found out that African Americans and ethnic minorities who had lower overall admissions scores were admitted. The admissions procedure is based on a points system. The points system is an admissions criteria, which is based on 1500 points that awards students for certain accomplishments and ... admissions is unjustly rewarding. How can it be justly rewarding when underrepresented minorities receive 20 extra points toward their total admissions evaluation score, of up to 150 p...

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