White applicants fall and Asian-American applicants flat to highly selective schools.

[Anonymous]

Questbridge is really pushing hispanic enrollment numbers up. QB is getting more hispanic kids in than black just because of the first-gen qualification category.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whites and Asians are overrepresented. Blacks and Hispanics are underrepresented.

Most colleges want a diverse campus.

Nothing has changed.

Diversity of thought?
How about neurodiversity?

Neither diversity of thought nor neurodiversity are part of federal reporting requirements. See the Common Data Set.

reporting requirements have nothing to do with how diverse the college wants to be.

Federal reporting requirements are part (not all, but part) of what drive URM hooks.

Neurodiversity can be a red flag to admissions, the opposite of a hook.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think the fallout from the supreme court decision has been fully priced in. Likely it will take a few cycles before expectations adjust.

There will be no fall out due to holistic admissions.

I think you'll be wrong, but we'll see in a few months.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My black DS gamed the system with his 4.8 wGPA, 1540 SAT score, and six years of ECs showing his passion for an unpopular but very difficult STEM field

Where is he now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My black DS gamed the system with his 4.8 wGPA, 1540 SAT score, and six years of ECs showing his passion for an unpopular but very difficult STEM field

Where is he now?

Finishing high school. Large public. I won't give any more details

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whites and Asians are overrepresented. Blacks and Hispanics are underrepresented.

Most colleges want a diverse campus.

Nothing has changed.

Diversity of thought?
How about neurodiversity?

Neither diversity of thought nor neurodiversity are part of federal reporting requirements. See the Common Data Set.

reporting requirements have nothing to do with how diverse the college wants to be.

Federal reporting requirements are part (not all, but part) of what drive URM hooks.

Neurodiversity can be a red flag to admissions, the opposite of a hook.

Why would the feds care if the college is 90% white vs 40% white? What are the feds going to do about it? Nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My black DS gamed the system with his 4.8 wGPA, 1540 SAT score, and six years of ECs showing his passion for an unpopular but very difficult STEM field

If this is gaming the system, keep it up!

well, my Asian/White kid had higher stats than that and got rejected from T15, so I guess my DC isn't playing the game correctly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whites and Asians are overrepresented. Blacks and Hispanics are underrepresented.

Most colleges want a diverse campus.

Nothing has changed.

Diversity of thought?
How about neurodiversity?

Neither diversity of thought nor neurodiversity are part of federal reporting requirements. See the Common Data Set.

reporting requirements have nothing to do with how diverse the college wants to be.

Federal reporting requirements are part (not all, but part) of what drive URM hooks.

Neurodiversity can be a red flag to admissions, the opposite of a hook.

Why would the feds care if the college is 90% white vs 40% white? What are the feds going to do about it? Nothing.

It's not that the feds care. It's that the data are then released to the public. This is about public appearances. Also note that the US News ranking calculation includes a diversity index based on this data.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My black DS gamed the system with his 4.8 wGPA, 1540 SAT score, and six years of ECs showing his passion for an unpopular but very difficult STEM field

Where is he now?

Since fewer than 1,000 blacks score above 1550 on the SAT, having such a score is a huge hook.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My black DS gamed the system with his 4.8 wGPA, 1540 SAT score, and six years of ECs showing his passion for an unpopular but very difficult STEM field

Where is he now?

Since fewer than 1,000 blacks score above 1550 on the SAT, having such a score is a huge hook.

As a practical matter, presumably such a student would be able to put the National African American Recognition Program Award in the award section of their application and accordingly would not need to waste essay space on diversity-related topics if they preferred not to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My black DS gamed the system with his 4.8 wGPA, 1540 SAT score, and six years of ECs showing his passion for an unpopular but very difficult STEM field

Where is he now?

Since fewer than 1,000 blacks score above 1550 on the SAT, having such a score is a huge hook.

How do you know this? Please provide a citation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My black DS gamed the system with his 4.8 wGPA, 1540 SAT score, and six years of ECs showing his passion for an unpopular but very difficult STEM field

Where is he now?

Since fewer than 1,000 blacks score above 1550 on the SAT, having such a score is a huge hook.

How do you know this? Please provide a citation.

DP: It is approximately 1K but that is based on one sitting in a testing year. You can find the data via College Board annual reports. The Journal of Blacks in Higher Ed also keeps track of the data. According to JBHE, approx. 2K Black students apply each year with a score >1500. There are another 2k students with equivalent ACT scores. According to JBHE researchers, in any given application cycle, there are approximately 3-4k Black students applying with 1500+/34+ scores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My black DS gamed the system with his 4.8 wGPA, 1540 SAT score, and six years of ECs showing his passion for an unpopular but very difficult STEM field

Where is he now?

Since fewer than 1,000 blacks score above 1550 on the SAT, having such a score is a huge hook.

How do you know this? Please provide a citation.

DP: It is approximately 1K but that is based on one sitting in a testing year. You can find the data via College Board annual reports. The Journal of Blacks in Higher Ed also keeps track of the data. According to JBHE, approx. 2K Black students apply each year with a score >1500. There are another 2k students with equivalent ACT scores. According to JBHE researchers, in any given application cycle, there are approximately 3-4k Black students applying with 1500+/34+ scores.

That's interesting. I know of at least 4 black students (my DC included) at my child's school alone who scored 34+ this cycle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Questbridge is really pushing hispanic enrollment numbers up. QB is getting more hispanic kids in than black just because of the first-gen qualification category.

💯 see admitted college Instagram pages for evidence

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Questbridge is really pushing hispanic enrollment numbers up. QB is getting more hispanic kids in than black just because of the first-gen qualification category.

💯 see admitted college Instagram pages for evidence

Exactly 0 of our admits to top colleges (MIT, Chicago, JHU, Georgetown) have used their schools Instagram to make the announcement. If you were to look you would link UMCP and GWU were the top destinations. Don't use Instagram as though it were substantial. It isn't.