Drop the Box!

I have long believed that Ivy League universities shouldn't ask applicants to check a box indicating their race. Diversity of experience and background enriches a college community, which is precisely why schools like Yale heavily emphasize essays and recommendations during the application process. If the only basis for an applicant's claim that he will add diversity is his skin color, the reality is that the university will gain little if anything from admitting him. Indeed, at many schools, racial preferences in admissions form de facto quotas. It's heartening to read, then, that Asian students (who are clearly discriminated against during the application process) have stopped playing along with the system.

Oh- and I've missed blogging, so hopefully I'll be writing a bit more over the next six months or so.