This Jezebel post says pretty much what I feel about that affirmative action case.
The plaintiff here, went on to a great school and landed a great job even though she didn't get into her "dream" school. Yeah, **** happens. She did not meet the automatic grad requirements, but neither did the about 50 others that applied with her. Her grades were better, but UT takes a lot of different things into account: test scores, community service, etc. And only, if my memory serves me correctly here, only 4-5 out of the other 50 were not white. But for some reason Texas pushed this on up...Anyway, I like the point made in the following article:
An Open Letter to Affirmative Action Reject Abigail Fisher