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Choosing or Dumping Harvard?

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That sound you are hearing in America are the calculative gears grinding away in the minds of high school seniors everywhere. 

Oh, to where, to where shall I matriculate?

May 1st is the deadline date for students to decide which ivory tower suitor to accept. And the most newsworthy decision may be how many Asian Americans accept Harvard’s offer of admission.

You will recall, we are waiting for the Supreme Court to opine on the Students For Fair Admissions suit claiming Harvard’s use of race in admissions is discriminatory against Asian Americans.

Considering the 6-3 conservative court, everyone is expecting a decision that will end so-called “affirmative action” and the use of race in admissions for all. Emil GuillermoEmil Guillermo

Wouldn’t it be some sweet irony if that happens concurrently when a record number of Asian Americans are accepted into the new Harvard freshman class.

How then does one explain the illogical justice expected by the Supreme Court?

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