take into account race. they are less popular than they ve been in a long, long time and even many liberals who have supported taking race into account in the past now think that there may be other better ways to do it, including class. president obama himself has said that he didn t think his daughters should be getting any preferential treatment because of all the benefits and advantages they have. is it time to start thinking more about wealth and economic standing and less time about race? well, in our admissions practices, we use a holistic review and we do take into account first-time college goers, economic wherewithal. so we do take other issues into account. and that s important for our students as well. they are going to be out working in a world that is more diverse