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		littleweep on April 25, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Asian American Discrimination in Harvard Admission... Or allowing people who are equally as qualified get in? My understanding is the issue is capacity and not quality.

_pd19 on April 25, 2020 [–]

Qualification is a continuum, there is no such thing as "equally as qualified." Regardless, if Harvard accepted 50% of applicants rather than 5%, the student body would not be equally as qualified.

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