[academicthrow]

It might be true that she faced more hurdles than her white peers to get to where she is. That is irrelevant to the question of whether she was weaker than her peers.

That is a simple statistical problem: If your program has lower admission standards for a certain group of people , a randomly chosen person from that group will be weaker than their peers.

[malcolmgreaves]

No, what you've stated is false: your last sentence lacks any logical thought. You need to check your racism.

[academicthrow]

"If your admissions criteria gives "bonus points" to people of a certain race, a randomly chosen person who was admitted of that race will be weaker than people not of that race."

Please point out the flaw(s) in my reasoning. I've clarified it a little bit. If you think my clarification significantly changes what I was trying to say, then I apologize for not being clear enough.