Promoting Diversity Through College Admissions: Good Idea or Crap?

(This entire note is to be read in a deep, serious voice for effect. Try it, people will think you're awesome.)

The importance of the college admissions process is twofold:

First, that students who work hard in high school, earn good grades and display a record of achievement are rewarded for their hard work by getting into a good college.

Secondly, consideration must be given to the fact that the group of students selected for admission to a college will form the next generation of leaders and entrepreneurs in this country. Therefore, diversity on a college campus will eventually translate into a generation of diversity, marked by intercultural cooperation and high achievement.

Academic achievement and cultural diversity are two important features of any college campus. Efforts to achieve both are of the utmost importance to the future of this country, and must be struck simultaneously when possible, in balance when necessary.

The ultimate solution to the issue of diversity on college campuses is to achieve equality in education at the high school level. Inner city schools, rural schools and suburban schools must be held to the same high level of academic standards if all cultural groups are to be represented equally in the halls of higher education.