knowyourprivileges:

So I read through the University of Texas at Austin explanation of admissions policy. 75% of students get accepted automatically because Texas has a top 10 percent rule, where if you’re in the top ten percent of your class you’re automatically admitted. The other 25% of students are admitted based on a holistic review. 

Abigail Fisher the White girl suing the University of Texas at Austin said she was rejected because of her race. Well if you look at UT’s admission produces that claim is almost statistically impossible. Let me break it down for everyone.

• If you’re not in the top 10 percent your given a holistic score based on two factors: Academic Index (which includes GPA, SAT, class rank, etc) and Personal Achievement Index.
• Personal Achievement Index is determined by three components: Essay 1 score, Essay 2 score, and Personal Achievement Score. 
• Personal Achievement Score is calculated by taking into account six equally-weighted factors: leadership potential, extracurricular activities, honors and awards, work experience, community service, and special circumstances.
• Special circumstances is then determined by taking into account seven additional factors which include family household income, single parent home, family responsibilities, overcoming adversity, cultural awareness, other relevant information, and race.
• Therefore race is one-seventh of one-sixth of one-third of one-half of your total holistic score. So it’s almost statistically impossible for race alone to have been the deciding factor!

Sidenote: the UT brief notes that Abigail Fisher would NOT have been admitted to the Fall 2008 freshman class even if she had received a perfect Personal Achievement Index score of 6. WHY? Because her Academic Achievement Index was not high enough…..SO BASICALLY, she just wasn’t good enough.

ENTITLEMENT + WHITE PRIVILEGE = ABIGAIL FISHER!

(via theraceproblem-deactivated20130)

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