In another of his excellent essays on the follies of “affirmative action,” John Rosenberg’s latest Minding the Campus piece discusses a recent report on the use of “holistic” student evaluations at top universities. His essay pries out the truth that the report obfuscates: “holistic” evaluation is a cover for racial preferences. It is just a way for admissions people who want more students who are “part of a severely underrepresented group” to justify admitting students who otherwise would not be considered.