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As colleges look for new affirmative action workarounds, what's to keep applicants from just lying?
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| 07/02/2023
| John Sexton
Posted on 07/02/2023 9:41:24 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
didn’t certain hollywood celebs get prison time for cheating the college admissions process? How is affirmative action different? It’s 100% illegal according to SCOTUS.
To: SeekAndFind
I Made up life experiences for my application essay. Remember, it’s not what you’ve done, it’s what you CLAIM you’ve done, and how well you’ve claime it.
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posted on
07/02/2023 9:50:45 PM PDT
by
BobL
(Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
To: SeekAndFind
And most of them when admitted never finish and graduate.
It's wasting resources on people who aren't capable of learning.
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posted on
07/02/2023 9:52:08 PM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
To: SeekAndFind
Essence of affirmative action is on quality. What used to be good is now not. That’s how crazy it is
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posted on
07/02/2023 9:52:11 PM PDT
by
Lee25
( )
To: SeekAndFind
Well, they have Elizabeth Warren as a perfect role model.
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posted on
07/02/2023 9:52:21 PM PDT
by
Reno89519
(DeSantis 2024. Successful Governor, Honorable Veteran, Respectful, Respected.)
To: SeekAndFind
can ChatGPT write a good essay?
asking for a friend
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posted on
07/02/2023 9:52:40 PM PDT
by
RockyTx
To: SeekAndFind
And who is going to ask them anyway? [if their sob stories are true]
There's no way to confirm the sob stories. No grades used for admissions. No standardized test scores used for admission.
"Hey, ChatGPT! Write me a sob story essay for my Harvard University application. Make it look like I'm a black student severely oppressed by racist crackers."
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posted on
07/02/2023 9:56:07 PM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else.)
To: SeekAndFind
what's to keep applicants from just lying? Forgery statues regarding "unsworn falsifications"?
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posted on
07/02/2023 9:56:14 PM PDT
by
lightman
(I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
To: SeekAndFind
“Lying” is such a strong word. Let’s just say that applicants need to be more creative.
Look, I’m just a dumb Hunky from a mill town. But on my college application I said I was a poor Jamaican whose father had been beaten by British slaveowners.
It work, mon. 🇯🇲
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posted on
07/02/2023 9:59:02 PM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(The steal is real.)
To: SeekAndFind
When will we learn not to use the enemy’s nomenclature? “Work around” is a liberal code phrase that means “refuse to follow the law.” It sounds so cute and creative, but refusal to follow laws with which they disagree is one of the left’s most diabolical weapons
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posted on
07/02/2023 10:29:41 PM PDT
by
j.havenfarm
(22 years on Free Republic, 12/10/22! more then 6500 replies and still not shutting up!)
To: j.havenfarm
We are NO LONGER a constitutional republic, our constitution is just a piece of paper without the justice system to enforce it!! The “JUST US” system has become an absolute joke!!!
To: SeekAndFind
As Steve Martin said, “I was born a poor black child.”
To: who_would_fardels_bear; dfwgator
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posted on
07/03/2023 1:15:39 AM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: SeekAndFind
To: BobL
It’s not a lie if you believe it. ;)
To: SeekAndFind
A friend of mine was looking to hire a senior STEM professional for a position. His DEI-infatuated employer was pretty much telling him he had to hire a “diversity” candidate. Out of desperation he begged me to apply for the job. When I asked him what purpose that would serve if I am a white guy, he said: “If you say you’re a black woman, they can’t do anything but take your word for it.”
That’s how silly this whole thing has become.
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posted on
07/03/2023 2:46:19 AM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
("I've just pissed in my pants and nobody can do anything about it." -- Major Fambrough)
To: SeekAndFind
“Of course there are students who may genuinely have struggled with racism. I’m not denying or discounting that“
Bullshit. Plain and simple BULLSHIT!
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posted on
07/03/2023 2:54:23 AM PDT
by
TalBlack
(We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
To: Leaning Right
Any student who can’t make up a Native American or Hispanic grandparent clearly is not qualified for an elite college since they will have to learn how to lie during their work lives as well.
“Fake it until you make it” will be the motto for every ambitious young person.
“We train sociopaths” will be the motto for every “respected” college and university.
;-)
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posted on
07/03/2023 3:05:32 AM PDT
by
cgbg
(Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
To: SeekAndFind
The best solution would be for someone to open a new university that doesn’t require any essay.
Just apply w/your stats and do a first come first serve for the semester.
You could wipe out the entire admissions department. Maybe keep one guy.
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posted on
07/03/2023 4:26:14 AM PDT
by
fruser1
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