Steven Lobrawski argues that they measure how predictable a thinker will be. Moreover, Susan Worbal notes that lower test scores by minority applicants are accepted over higher scores by majority applicants. Professor recommendations are also unfair. Their subjectivity isn't nearly as objective as standardized scores. The same is true about GPAs.
Affirmative action allows students who have had difficult upbringings to make up for it.
Anyhow, affirmative action is like beating a dead horse. And its caused more injustices than its fixed. Its not fair to minorities and women, who feel like they don't really deserve to be where they are, and it's unfair to whites who are rejected from law school and denied their dreams. Schools should find more fair ways to admit students. Perhaps you did not trust the writer.