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I just want to hear one admissions officer admit that race, without any other context, might make them chose one applicant over the other. I'm not talking about a student who wrote their essay about how discrimination and people's perception of them has affected them. I'm talking about, hypothetically, two identical students, one of whom was a minority, might the minority win out to increase the school's "diversity"? I realize that it is highly unlikely that 2 students would be exactly the same, and that a minority student would not be in anyway effected because of their race, but I want to know if solely increasing the percent of minority students is ever a goal of the admissions office.

Hi guys! Long time, first time as it were...I was wondering what you guys think about the huge drive for "outsider" candidates? I don't really think it's a new thing, but Trump has really shifted the game for both parties, and sometimes I feel like it's a total positive with amazing first-time candidates like AOC. But sometimes I feel like the "insider" label is used to disqualify people with genuine expertise like Warren and Harris. Basically, how can democrats start to market experience in a way that appeals to younger voters who have grown disillusioned?

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PS what is your go-to dunks order? from a fellow Bostonian