... courts to admit its first black students on January 6, 1961. Since then, segregation has been abolished in all areas of the United States. The ending of affirmative action brings many new fears as to whether this desegregation will continue. There are fears that schools will decide to not admit minority students at all. Then the community will regress to where it ... admitting minority students who are not up to par with their counterparts. The average SAT scores were 288 points below the Berkeley average for black students admitted before the removal of affirmative action (Krauthammer ...

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... Barbara Gutter, who is 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 ... receive 20 extra points toward their total admissions evaluation score, of up to 150 points, whereas a perfect SAT score only adds 12 points. I have to agree with what President Bush had to...

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... students, when it is meant to be good. Therefore now college admissions are based more on skin color than on skills and merit. The University of Michigan rates students on a scale that awards points for SAT scores, High school grades, and race. A perfect SAT score is worth 12 points, but being black gets you 20 points. Now tell me, is there anyone who can look ... you can't change. Diversity in the schools is needed but affirmative action isn't the way to do it. College students oppose affirmative action, but believe that there needs to be a new device to receive diversity. Therefore I ...

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