[MR4D]

Replace the name, ethnicity, and gender of the person with a number.

If admissions can never see that information they are much less likely to be able to discriminate against it.

Of course, if someone doesn't like the result, and not enough black/asian/jewish/white/whatever kids get in, then someone sues.

But to me, this is the only way of making it on the merits. As soon as you introduce that information into the process, bias takes over.

[IvyAdmisions]

The asians will still get rejected. They're not rejected for racial reasons. They're rejected because they submit uninspiring, cookie cutter applications en masse. This may be because of something in the asian culture. That's outside my expertise.

[bedhead]

There is a natural follow-up question: why might other races get rejected at high rates, albeit not for racial reasons (similar to your point)? I think there are questions that many people simply don't want the answers to.

[sizzle]

socioeconomic reasons

[IvyAdmisions]

Not touching that!

[naveen99]

but asians are over represented at harvard...

[IvyAdmisions]

And they'd be WAAAAAY more overrepresented if the "Great Academics, Boring eveything else" applicants got in.