Let's say you have a Black student and a white student that have the exact same everything on their application. I feel like it makes sense to admit the Black student, because it is very likely that they have persevered more.
It’s an awfully slippery slope. I understand the idea and it’s good intentions, however it requires calculation of “perseverance” and comparison between humans in a very difficult way.
You better do some extra digging to figure out who is more qualified by some metric, otherwise you incentivize "oh well they look too similar, let's go with our preferred race" more often.
What if the Black student’s last name is Obama and the White student was an orphan?
Then their applications could not possibly be the same.
No two applications can be the same, so thats beside the point.