From the New York Times, I'm Michael Bobaro.

This is the Daily.

Last summer.

We begin tonight with the Supreme Court striking down affirmative action and reshaping college

admissions.

In a landmark ruling, the US Supreme Court overturned nearly 50 years of precedent and banned the use of affirmative action in college admissions.

In a six to three decision, the justices ruled that Harvard University and the University of North Carolina

violated the Constitution.

In doing so, the court eliminated the single most powerful tool for ensuring diversity

on America's college campuses and forced college admissions officers and high school

seniors to figure out what the college admissions process should look like when race can no longer be taken into account.

It's college application season, a stressful time for high school seniors and their parents.

But now, six months since affirmative action was repealed, things are even more uncertain for many black students across the country. Today, Daily producer Jessica Chung documents how over the past year both students and college officials tried to navigate

the new rules.

It's Friday, January 5th.

So this past July, just two weeks after the Supreme Court ended affirmative action,

I flew to Rochester, New York.

To meet some of the students who are part of this first historic class to apply to college under an

affirmative action ban. Hello. Hi there. How's the going? How are you all? Good. How are

you? I'm good. The group of about 90 high school seniors had also flown in from all across the country to

Nazareth University. They were brought here by peer forward, a nonprofit that helps mostly

black and Hispanic students from low-income communities apply to college.

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