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		Simon_says on Sept 10, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What College Admissions Want There’s no such thing as black race being worth positive SAT points and Asian negative. It’s only relative. Your race can only be an absolute positive or negative factor if there’s a no-race or neutral race to compare against ... oh you mean compared to white.

romaaeterna on Sept 10, 2019 [–]

Not true even a little. You can compare to the average or median applicant.

Simon_says on Sept 11, 2019 | [–]

Yea, I guess that's a good point.

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