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“He said Harvard sends recruitment letters to African-American, Native American and Hispanic high schoolers with mid-range SAT scores, around 1100 on math and verbal combined out of a possible 1600, CNN reported. Asian-Americans only receive a recruitment letter if they score at least 250 points higher — 1350 for women, and 1380 for men.” https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/15/politics/harvard-affirmative-action-opening-arguments/index.html

"[The] next slide shows three columns of numbers from a Princeton University study that tried to measure how race and ethnicity affect admissions by using SAT scores as a benchmark. It uses the term “bonus” to describe how many extra SAT points an applicant’s race is worth. She points to the first column. African Americans received a “bonus” of 230 points, [Anna] Lee says. She points to the second column." from https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-adv-asian-race-tutoring-20150222-story.html