Harvard

It is a common experience among many people while growing up to discover that life is not fair and most of the time they are told by their parents that life is not fair and they should adjust accordingly. For several decades the government has been trying to take steps to overcome this unfairness with mixed results. Currently one area that has come under scrutiny is Harvard University. In 2013, Harvard conducted its own internal investigation and found a bias against Asian-American applicants in its admissions process. If Harvard looked solely at academics, the investigation found, 43 percent of its incoming freshmen would be Asian-American. The true figure that year was 18.6 percent. But the university didn't act on these results or make them public. Asian-Americans are 5% of the population. To overcome this "unfairness" Harvard admission administrators are now using the subjective evaluation technique of: personal measures, such as: "positive personality," "likability ... helpfulness, courage, [and] kindness," and being "widely respected.