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Stonecypher and his parents are charging reverse discrimination and have filed a complaint with the Department of Education. The complaint, written by Stonecypher's mother, charges that the College's admissions policy discriminates against white males. It addresses "all Black minority students that applied to Harvard receiving special treatment" and singles out Harris, claiming she had lower standardized test scores and a less rigorous course load than Stonecypher but got in anyway...
...This is racism, not merit," Stonecypher's mother writes in the complaint...
...complaint follows controversy last year over the Harvard admissions office's aggressive strategy to draw in Black students which was adopted after Harvard registered only 95 students in the Class of 1996, a record low since 1969. Monday, probably as a result of this additional recruiting, a record 143 Black students registered...
...complaint, filed in April and obtained by The Crimson through the Freedom of Information Act last month, cites as evidence a New York Times article from February 28, 1993, which reported on the College's increased efforts to woo Black students...
There is no formula to gauge whether a student should be admitted or rejected, admissions officials say, and subjective criteria such as extracurricular activities and personal qualities also play a significant role. The Stonecypher complaint takes issue with the soft criteria the admissions office uses, and focuses on the issue of race...