There are a lot of bad things in the world. Why should we care about the college admissions process? We should care because it is ethically wrong. Minority groups, such as blacks and Latinos, are struggling to succeed while white people thrive. In addition, the struggles that minority students face are compounding: “42% of black students and 48% of Hispanic students were first-generation students, compared to 28% of white students” (PNPI). Ethically, there are multiple reasons why this admissions system is unfair. First, it violates one of the most highly held standards in the United States: equality of opportunity. As a country, we were founded on the idea that “all men are created equal” (Jefferson) and if we believe this phrase, we should have policies that reflect it. In addition, because admissions policies prioritize white, wealthy people, the process does not allow the nation to strive for equality. There is a deontic moral argument that we should strive for equality, which is based on a universalist argument that all humans are fundamentally equal. In our current system, “white and Asian students earn a college-level credential at a rate about 20 percentage points higher than Hispanic and black students do” (Tate) which means they have better outcomes and a better chance to succeed. Lastly, higher education violates a consequentialist moral argument because it inhibits diversity, which is actually a better outcome for most. Because of past and lower level educational inequalities along with practices such as standardized testing that perpetuate racism and classism, our society has formed an unfair admissions system which does not allow for all students to have equal opportunity and perpetuates a lack of diversity.