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1. :niggy: (niggy@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 09-Jul-2023 12:28:23 JST :niggy:

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   After exfiltrating data, I set up a local database with the relevant tables imported from, and queried it to get various statistics on affirmative action at UMN.
   
   Joining the PS_DIVERSITY and PS_DWAD_APPL_HS tables I was able to query the average ACT scores of admitted applicants of each racial category, with admissions excluded pre-2010 to keep it contemporary. A graph of results is included here.
   
   The results are of course largely expected, showing for example a White/Asian applicant must have a significantly higher ACT to be admitted than a black applicant.
   
   Interestingly a White/Asian applicant only gets some benefit from not specifying their race, likely because only White/Asian applicants don't.