Should you worry about the collaboration between DNA test marketers and anxious students and parents eager to get their way into top schools?如果你擔心之間的協作DNA測試營銷和焦慮的學生和家長急於讓他們自己的方式來頂尖學校？ 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).當然這麼認為（ ephblog是一個非官方的威廉姆斯社區博客，我在這裡提到經常作為一個很好的例子，一個非官方的學校博客增加了大量的價值，是一個了不起的資源，甚至為未來的學生） 。

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"機會"的職位對大學生保密的，請從潛在申請人徵求意見的機會進入威廉斯和意見，就如何這樣做。 See見 here這裡 , ， here這裡 and及 here這裡 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.”我常常忍不住回答說： "採取一種遺傳譜系測試，如果它回來黑色，加入適當的俱樂部，在你的高中和檢查權的票房就共同申請案" 。

Good advice?擇善而從？

I don’t necessarily want to spark an affirmative action debate here as happened我不一定要星火肯定行動的辯論，因為在這裡發生的事情 last year去年 on the blog with my就博客與我 writings著作 on對 Jian Li李堅 . 。 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問題，這些新技術。 As a biracial student I am particularly interested in points 4 and 5 about Williams.作為一個不同種族的學生，我感到特別有興趣，在點4和5對威廉斯。

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 ）除了學習趨勢中，申請的人數從不同的群體，該記錄可以有很多的樂趣單從照片上的威廉斯學生。 There are, allegedly,還有，據稱， 49 or so 49或使 African-Americans in the class of 2011.非洲裔美國人，在班級的2011年。 Want to bet?要打賭嗎？ I have no doubt that the admissions office is being honest — 49 students did indeed check that box.我毫不懷疑我們的招生辦公室是一個誠實-4 9名學生的確檢查框。 But, could an outsider look at pictures of all the members of the class of 2011 and pick out those 49 individuals?但是，可以是一個外人看的照片，所有成員組成的工人階級的2011年和挑選出這49個人？ I doubt it.我對此表示懷疑。 The Record ought to give it a try. 記錄應該給它一個嘗試。 Background information背景資料 here這裡 . 。

5) Don’t forget that there are some administrators at the College who would actually welcome this development. 5 ）不要忘記，也有一些行政學院誰會真正歡迎這一事態發展。 The College loves to be able to claim that 10% of Williams is African-American, whatever the underlying “truth” might be.大學生喜歡能夠要求， 10 ％的威廉斯是非裔美國人，不管背後的"真相"可能。 In this dimension, the College certainly practices a Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell philosophy.在這個層面上，學院一定奉行不要問，不要告訴哲學。 Even better would be having a 10% African-American class with average SAT scores above 1400.甚至更好，將有10 ％的非洲裔美國人階級與SAT平均分數以上的1400個。 Not hard to do if a lot of applicants start checking that box.並不難做到，如果有很多申請人開始檢查框。

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.我知道我經常會感到驚訝，聽到"這樣或那樣的是[插入少數民族在這裡] ，其實是"語境中的高中學院招生閒話。 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.有時，這是東西，肯定會影響人的生活經驗和背景，並且非常相關的人，他們和他們的家庭，其他的時代，也是不足為奇的，因為，以及implausible只是因為鏈接可以如此脆弱。

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.當有DNA測試營銷的人都樂意給予結果將告訴人們，他們都是"黑"與高校招生鄉親高興地接受那些學生（見第五點）的統計，採取對一個特別扭曲與現實…只是想調查你讀者看什麼，你都以為這一點。

Also, merry Christmas and happy new year!此外，聖誕快樂，新年快樂！