tly under the average. As a result of this lawsuit, the University has done away with the affirmative action policy. This is not the only example of discrimination of this sort, however. Admission policies for almost all American universities have changed in order to reach a very diverse group of students. Examples of these are:At the University of California at Berkeley, black and Hispanic students are up to twenty times more likely to be accepted for admission than Asian American applicants who have the same academic qualifications.At Ivy League colleges, incoming freshmen have average grade scores close to 4.0 and average SATs of 1,250 to 1,300. According to admissions officials, however, several of these schools admit black, Hispanic, and American Indian students with grade averages as low as 2.5 and SAT aggregates in the 700 to 800 range.(DSouza, p. 232)This is not all. Pennsylvania State University, offers financial incentives for black students who choose to attend. The University offers any black student who maintains a grade average of C to C+ throughout the year a check for $580. If the student maintains an average of anything above that, he will receive $1,160. This financial aid is offered to any black student, no matter his or her economical status. Neither whites nor any other minority students are eligible for this assistance. (DSouza, p. 232)Stephen Carter, a graduate of Stanford came forward outraged when he applied to Harvard Law School and was rejected. This, however, was not what angered him. What he was insulted by was the fact that a few days after he was denied acceptance, he received a telephone call from the officials at Harvard telling him that there had been a mix up. An official explained, We assumed from your record that you were white. Another noted that the school had recently obtained additional information that should have been counted in your favor, namely, the fact that Carter was Black. (DS...
