>>12494485>The performance of universities is based mostly around the top performers, and affirmative action doesn't prevent any of the best from being accepted and advancing.It does, however, force *significant* time, resources, and manpower to be wasted on students with neither the intelligence nor the interest to succeed in the sciences or even broader academia.
Nobody wants to hear it, but the harsh truth is that about half to two-thirds of the students currently being admitted to college have absolutely no fucking business there, and would be far better off going to a community college to get some basic certification or an apprenticeship program for a trade instead of struggling through a four year program and, at best, barely managing a C average and getting a degree in underwater basket weaving or, at worst, failing out in year three or four with $30-40K in student loans and nothing to show for it.
