# What effect will the SC decision about affirmative action have on college application essays? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 1, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-effect-will-the-sc-decision-about-affirmative-action-have-on-college-application-essays/986410 "2023-07-01T16:07:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-effect-will-the-sc-decision-about-affirmative-action-have-on-college-application-essays/986410/3 "2023-07-01T16:29:25Z")
See this thread: > [@Supreme Court poised to strike down affirmative action in Harvard and UNC cases - let's talk about the ramifications (now struck down, June 29, 2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-poised-to-strike-down-affirmative-action-in-harvard-and-unc-cases-lets-talk-about-the-ramifications-now-struck-down-june-29-2023/981710): > > There are existing threads but I figured it might be best to start a new one. The Supreme Court is poised to deliver rulings on two cases: SFFA vs. Harvard and SFFA vs. University of North Carolina. Rulings will probably come out in June. In both cases, it appears that the plaintiff will win and affirmative action is going to be struck down in some form or other. Are we going to see student bodies that look something like: 80% white and Asian, 20% all other races as a result of this? Al… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-effect-will-the-sc-decision-about-affirmative-action-have-on-college-application-essays/986410)._