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If race is a factor in admissions decisions for some schools then I wonder why students don't just pick the one worth the most "points"? AFAIK, there are no objective criteria for classifying people by race. Anyone can choose to identify themselves however they wish.

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Lots of people already do that. You haven't discovered some secret strategy for getting into a US college.

Can you point me to cases of overtly White Europeans applying and being admitted to top programs as another race?

http://nypost.com/2015/04/12/mindy-kalings-brother-explains-...

(Not white, Indian)

I have multiple classmates and relatives who proudly did this. Interestingly, all are conservative and anti-affirmative action. Their pride was probably related to exploiting the system or proving that it's poorly policed.

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