I don't understand how granting the top 10 percent of graduating seniors the opportunity for college is only beneficial for the white male. High schools, for the most part, receive funds from property owners of the surrounding areas. Therefore, people attending a low income school still have the opportunity to go to college if they are in the top 10 percent of their class, no matter what race they are or SAT scores they receive. Being in the top 10 percent is also independent of grades, so long as everybody is graded fairly.

Ms. Guzman makes the point that women are not graded fairly because of sexist teachers. That is probably true in many cases, but what about the other way around. How many girls get graded easier for flirting or wearing short skirts? I know of three cases specifically, but don't have enough room to state them. I'm not blaming the girls, but that is not fair to other women or men. I don't know the actual facts about who is benefiting, men or women, so I won't argue it.

I did notice Ms. Guzman did so cleverly forget the statistic of women versus men enrolled in universities. Who knows exactly why men are the minority? I don't, so I won't waste your time to argue that men don't have an equal opportunity.

A study by Audrey Light and Wayne Strayer published by MIT Press states: "Our estimates reveal that minorities are more likely than observationally equivalent whites to attend colleges of all quality levels. Being a minority has a positive effect on graduation probabilities, but, overall, minorities are less likely than their white counterparts to complete college because they possess fewer favorable unobserved factors."

It is apparent that minorities have a lower retention rate in colleges for outside factors, but getting into college is not the problem when compared to whites.

Ms. Guzman also argues that only 14 percent of Hispanics are enrolled in post-secondary education. That's great, but I don't have any value to compare that to. I know from previous reading that 14 percent is low, but let's look into why many Hispanics are not enrolled and not base it on their skin color or heritage.