[Random Access]

The real test will be in the graduation rate. Prior affirmative action schemes got minorities in but the graduation rates were horrible. Maybe if they are qualified at admission they will actually be able to graduate and benifit from the education. Maybe.

[AmishDude]

You are quite right about graduation rates. This:

when you're talking about a 4.1 grade-point average and a 1300 SAT

will not get most non-minorities into top programs or top colleges. (I am assuming that the 4.1 is out of a theoretical 5.0 weighted average -- which is never possible with gym and art class and the like).

In engineering programs and honors programs, they would be at the bottom end and struggling to pass.

[summer]

The real test will be in the graduation rate.

For some reason, this rate tends to be low throughout FL in its 4-year schools of higher ed; yet, FL does very well on the community college level, ranking #11 in the nation in terms of graduates.