[KarlInOhio]

What if she just refused to enter in a racial category when filling out the forms like I did while I was in college?

[PeteB570]

Well - every now and again I would check the “Other” box and fill in Nordic-American. :-)

All my great-grandparents spoke English as a second language.

[fremont_steve]

Don’t think this is true anymore? CA got rid of such things to my knowledge. and replaced it with something equally obnoxious. The UC now only admits the top 3% from each highschool. So if you come from a highschool that is very competitive (like my son’s where 35 kids graduating with straight A’s isn’t uncommon and they EARNED them) - a large number of highly qualified kids won’t be able to attend because the school does such a good job of turning out large numbers of such kids.

The school is 40% Asian, 40% Indian, 20% other. That is the makeup of our neighborhood - and the school reflects this. These communities highly value education and they push their kids HARD to succeed in school. This is the MAIN reason the school does so well!

[Dan Evans]

What if she just refused to enter in a racial category when filling out the forms like I did while I was in college?

I don't know but I'm guessing everyone would get priority over her if she refused to play the game.

I was under the impression that racial preferences had been banned by the Supreme Court years ago. Why is this continuing?

[swain_forkbeard]

Or what if she selected for herself a category which confers advantages? Is there a specific test to assess the accuracy of her selection?