Should you worry about the collaboration between DNA test marketers and anxious students and parents eager to get their way into top schools?如果你担心之间的协作DNA测试营销和焦虑的学生和家长急于让他们自己的方式来顶尖学校？ David over at朱以上 EphBlog ephblog certainly thinks so (EphBlog is an unofficial Williams community blog which I mention here frequently as an excellent example of an unofficial school blog that adds lots of value and is a great resource even for prospective students).当然这么认为（ ephblog是一个非官方的威廉姆斯社区博客，我在这里提到经常作为一个很好的例子，一个非官方的学校博客增加了大量的价值，是一个了不起的资源，甚至为未来的学生） 。

There are many “chances” posts on College Confidential, requests from potential applicants for comments on their chances of getting into Williams and advice on how to do so.市面上有很多"机会"的职位对大学生保密的，请从潜在申请人征求意见的机会进入威廉斯和意见，就如何这样做。 See见 here这里 , ， here这里 and及 here这里 for recent examples.最近的例子。 I am often tempted to reply: “Take a genetic genealogy test and, if it comes back black, join the appropriate clubs in your high school and check the right box on the Common Application.”我常常忍不住回答说： "采取一种遗传谱系测试，如果它回来黑色，加入适当的俱乐部，在你的高中和检查权的票房就共同申请案" 。

Good advice?择善而从？

I don’t necessarily want to spark an affirmative action debate here as happened我不一定要星火肯定行动的辩论，因为在这里发生的事情 last year去年 on the blog with my就博客与我 writings著作 on对 Jian Li李坚 . 。 What I do find interesting are the questions posed by these new technologies.照我做的做感到有趣的是提出的问题，这些新技术。 As a biracial student I am particularly interested in points 4 and 5 about Williams.作为一个不同种族的学生，我感到特别有兴趣，在点4和5对威廉斯。

4) Besides studying the trends in the number of applicants from different groups, the Record could have a lot of fun just by looking at the pictures of Williams students. 4 ）除了学习趋势中，申请的人数从不同的群体，该记录可以有很多的乐趣单从照片上的威廉斯学生。 There are, allegedly,还有，据称， 49 or so 49或使 African-Americans in the class of 2011.非洲裔美国人，在班级的2011年。 Want to bet?要打赌吗？ I have no doubt that the admissions office is being honest — 49 students did indeed check that box.我毫不怀疑我们的招生办公室是一个诚实-4 9名学生的确检查框。 But, could an outsider look at pictures of all the members of the class of 2011 and pick out those 49 individuals?但是，可以是一个外人看的照片，所有成员组成的工人阶级的2011年和挑选出这49个人？ I doubt it.我对此表示怀疑。 The Record ought to give it a try. 记录应该给它一个尝试。 Background information背景资料 here这里 . 。

5) Don’t forget that there are some administrators at the College who would actually welcome this development. 5 ）不要忘记，也有一些行政学院谁会真正欢迎这一事态发展。 The College loves to be able to claim that 10% of Williams is African-American, whatever the underlying “truth” might be.大学生喜欢能够要求， 10 ％的威廉斯是非裔美国人，不管背后的"真相"可能。 In this dimension, the College certainly practices a Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell philosophy.在这个层面上，学院一定奉行不要问，不要告诉哲学。 Even better would be having a 10% African-American class with average SAT scores above 1400.甚至更好，将有10 ％的非洲裔美国人阶级与SAT平均分数以上的1400个。 Not hard to do if a lot of applicants start checking that box.并不难做到，如果有很多申请人开始检查框。

I know that I would frequently be surprised to hear that “such and such is [insert minority here], actually” in the context of high school college admissions gossip.我知道我经常会感到惊讶，听到"这样或那样的是[插入少数民族在这里] ，其实是"语境中的高中学院招生闲话。 Sometimes this was something which would definitely have affected that person’s life experience and background and was very relevant to who they were and their family; other times, it was surprising as well as implausible just because the link could be so tenuous.有时，这是东西，肯定会影响人的生活经验和背景，并且非常相关的人，他们和他们的家庭，其他的时代，也是不足为奇的，因为，以及implausible只是因为链接可以如此脆弱。

When there are DNA test marketers who are happy to give results which will tell people they are “black” and college admissions folks happy to accept those students (see point 5) statistics take on an especially distorted relation with reality… just wanted to poll you readers and see what you all thought of this.当有DNA测试营销的人都乐意给予结果将告诉人们，他们都是"黑"与高校招生乡亲高兴地接受那些学生（见第五点）的统计，采取对一个特别扭曲与现实…只是想调查你读者看什么，你都以为这一点。

Also, merry Christmas and happy new year!此外，圣诞快乐，新年快乐！