The Columbia leak reportedly shows extremely low score submission overall with large racial gaps in who submits (Asians most, Blacks least). That selection inflates reported scores for underrepresented groups and makes academic modeling noisy, allowing race‑preferential admissions to persist after SFFA. Cross‑metrics (e.g., ACT) show rejected Asians outscoring admitted Blacks while models controlling for GPA/tests still find Asian under‑admission.
— It suggests test‑optional policies can function as a legal and statistical cloak for continued racial preferences, pointing toward standardized testing as a compliance and transparency tool.
Daniel Kodsi
2025.10.15
60% relevant
While focused on essays rather than testing, the article advances the same core point as this idea: institutions can preserve race-preferential admissions through alternative channels after formal bans—here, by soliciting 'how race affected me' narratives that function as a de facto preference signal post‑SFFA (citing Roberts’s carve‑out).
Cremieux
2025.06.24
100% relevant
2025 Columbia admissions dataset leak showing racial score‑submission rates and outcomes (e.g., rejected Asians substantially outscoring admitted Blacks on the ACT).
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