ne in the number of African American students who were accepted to UCLA. Hispanic admissions declined thirty-three percent, while the percentage of white students that were accepted increased by four percent. (University of...) By elimi!
             nating affirmative action, UCLA was able to focus on the quality that should be considered first and foremost in the selection process, and that is performance. By examining the previous statistics, it is apparent that through the use of this program, white students were denied from UCLA, while less qualified minorities were accepted.
             In addition to the information gathered from this undergraduate institution, there are much more alarming figures that are available from the country's graduate programs. For example, after the state of California passed a bill outlawing affirmative action, the University of California system released its admission figures showing at just how great of a level reverse discrimination was taking place. In 1997, the UCLA school of medicine was over three times more likely to admit applicants of "black" or "Hispanic" descent rather than those students who checked the "Asian" or "white" boxes on their applications. It is obvious that one cannot merely look at these applications on an individual basis. Individuals possess unique qualities that are considered by the board of admissions. However, if one studies the data in larger groups of applicants, patterns begin to emerge. That same year, the UCLA school of medicine had approximately five thousand applicants for two hundred !
             seats in their program. Of those five thousand applicants, four thousand six hundred of them were of them were "white" or "Asian," while four hundred and eighty-nine of them were either "black" or "Hispanic." Ten point four percent of the minority applicants were accepted, while only three percent of the...