Off topic “coronavirus”

[FlyerInHi]

This is what Ron Paul said on the Liberty Report about Anthony Fauci: “why do we keep listening to him?”

[Coronita]

[quote=outtamojo]I have a sneaking suspicion that when your parents have a degree and are relatively affluent,college admissions to some schools are stacked against you.[/quote]

slight correction

“I have a sneaking suspicion that when your parents have a degree and are relatively affluent and you are white or asian male student, even with a 4.0+ gpa, college admissions are stacked against you.”

There. Fixed it for you.

I guess in my case, my kid can use the gender wild card to tilt the odds back in the center, maybe. I mean even out side of California, since she biologically is that way… In calfornia, technically you could claim whatever you want, right? That’s one of the reasons why Allstate no longer uses gender to determine auto insurance rates. My agent shared the internal email about the change lol

[Hobie]

[quote=zk][quote=Coronita]

Most people who get waitlisted get in to schools most of the time,[/quote]

I’m curious where you’re getting that information.

This website has stats that disagree. I don’t know if those are accurate, and I’m looking for accurate stats on the matter. [/quote]

The dirty little secret lies in your question – the stats. Remember how schools will tell you its the grades, scores, extracurriculars, etc that tip the scale? Well, they also require demographic data. Why?

Answer: The schools tout X% of disavantaged, X% minority admitted, etc. in the stats for incoming freshman. Because they want to appear as so diverse, politically correct, they are admitting students that meet the demo they are looking to fill yet the applicant pool many don’t have the chops for the work and many wash out in the first semester and they fill those spots with waitlisted.

Stats look good for the public and disgruntled applicants have already gone elsewhere.

Interesting they don’t profile the graduating class demos, huh.

Not trying to stir the pot with ya zk as this might get ya hot, its just a little inside baseball.

[Coronita]

I’m of the opinion that now that many state universities are going to be remote instructions, there really shouldn’t be a reason to limit class enrollment especially for freshman year. Most of the freshman classes are general classes anyway, and could be used as a weeding out process so that those that can’t keep up flunk out and either drop out completely or transfer to an easier major. There’s absolutely no reason to restrict admissions to anyone with a gpa of 4.0 and stellar SAT score whose parents are able and willing to pay….especially since many of the state schools will have a big revenue shortfall for lack of on campus attendence.

Denying a kid with a 4.0gpa and good SAT score at even a not so top rank university is just bullshit.

[The-Shoveler]

I would take it further and say almost all tech jobs will be WFH for the foreseeable future.

I hear it more and more in our company meetings as well.

Commuting is now putting on slippers and walking down the hall to the home office.

[Coronita]

The admissions process for STEM related majors is really broken . Gone are the days are universities really trying to take only the best and more qualified candidates. In the move for more diversity , some kids who are you cookie cutter white or asian male student will get cut, simply because there’s too many white or asian male engineers and stem career related individuals. The odds of my kid being able to get in have gone significantly up because of her gender , versus if I had a biological son all else being equal. Sorry, that’s reality. It’s not to say one gender is less capable than others. far from it. It’s saying university administrators are biasing admissions to settle diversity scores. Great if your kid falls into one of the diversity categories, totally sucks if your kid is one of the ones excluded through no fault of their own. This is why many of us were fighting against bullshit things like SCA-5 a few years ago…though, technically this isn’t fully my fight. My kid could, if she wanted to, probably play the gender diversity card a few years from now for a STEM related major. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s easier for her to get into school under an engineering program versus a fine art program, even though I could see her more likely to want to do fine art than engineering. That would be pretty phucked up too.

[scaredyclassic]

[quote=Coronita]The admissions process for STEM related majors is really broken . Gone are the days are universities really trying to take only the best and more qualified candidates. In the move for more diversity , some kids who are you cookie cutter white or asian male student will get cut, simply because there’s too many white or asian male engineers and stem career related individuals. The odds of my kid being able to get in have gone significantly up because of her gender , versus if I had a biological son all else being equal. Sorry, that’s reality. It’s not to say one gender is less capable than others. far from it. It’s saying university administrators are biasing admissions to settle diversity scores. Great if your kid falls into one of the diversity categories, totally sucks if your kid is one of the ones excluded through no fault of their own. This is why many of us were fighting against bullshit things like SCA-5 a few years ago…though, technically this isn’t fully my fight. My kid could, if she wanted to, probably play the gender diversity card a few years from now for a STEM related major. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s easier for her to get into school under an engineering program versus a fine art program, even though I could see her more likely to want to do fine art than engineering. That would be pretty phucked up too.[/quote]

Not sure if it’s true at cal state. I think it’s pure numbers. I’ve been talking to admissions via email. Biology was brutal this year they said.

Kids half Hispanic but I have no idea how he checked boxes.

[Coronita]

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[FlyerInHi]

I guess we should feel hopeful about a new vaccine.

Trump names team to develop coronavirus vaccine at ‘Warp Speed’
Trump said Operation Warp Speed is evaluating 14 vaccine candidates
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/15/trump-coronavirus-vaccine-development-team-260678

[outtamojo]

Great read

https://amp.ft.com/content/97dc7de6-940b-11ea-abcd-371e24b679ed?__twitter_impression=true

[phaster]

[quote]
Prestigious medical journal says Trump must be voted out due to coronavirus response

A renowned medical journal that has published trusted scientific research since the 1800s suggested Friday Americans should not vote for President Trump this upcoming election.

“…Americans must put a president in the White House come January, 2021, who will understand that public health should not be guided by partisan politics.”

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article242759861.html
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[FlyerInHi]

vaccine or no vaccine, we re back!

[FlyerInHi]

[quote=outtamojo]Great read

https://amp.ft.com/content/97dc7de6-940b-11ea-abcd-371e24b679ed?__twitter_impression=true
[/quote]

The fake European news media!

[outtamojo]

An even better read, describing the clusterf#ck response https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/covid-19-test-trump-admin-failed-disaster-995930/

[outtamojo]

I cant wait for the investigations- should be about 200000 or so of them, based on the benghazi protocol.

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