Cornell pulled their essay prompts
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Anonymous
Statistical evidence. |
Anonymous
Oh, we doing disparate impact now? |
Anonymous
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New essay topic:
"Communities are full of young ******* to grab. What's the youngest ***** you've grabbed, and did you move on it like a *****?" |
Anonymous
ours lets us see by year. its very easy to tell which dot is which kid when the graduating class is around 100 |
Anonymous
the diversity prompts existed for those who applied fall of 2019(graduated in 2020) and were there every year through high school class of 2023 which was the last admissions cycle when affirmative action was still legal. not sure about pre 2020 as that was my first kid's turn |
Anonymous
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Why are colleges obsessed with race.
They should be color blind |
Anonymous
Why don't you see any value in meeting and studying with people that aren't like you? |
Anonymous
I see big value. That's why we should be all color blind instead of being racists. |
Anonymous
| Do AOs really read all the essays? I’m genuinely interested in knowing. With so many distractions at the fingertips by way of just holding a phone and unlimited supply of entertainment that one feels compelled to binge on, I’ve noticed a culture shift in how adults have been approaching their work. I notice colleagues are routinely sleep deprived. They are more prone to avoid work or do it without much thought. Why do we assume that AOs spend quality time figuring out an edge a kid might have when thousands of applicants are almost the same. Everyone wants to do what they do for living fast. |
Anonymous
They don’t. It’s way you need that special hook. At front and end. Really unusual or catchy topic. Well edited. Succinct. Might make you cry or catch your throat. |
Anonymous
The prompts started showing up about the same time SFFA gained steam. We also see an increase in Asian admissions as SFFA heated up. By the time the SCOTUS opinion was released, the Asian population at ivy+ had gone to about 25-30% after sitting at ~18% for generations. We saw a spike in these sort of essay prompts after the ruling |
Anonymous
Whatever value there is in diversity of skin color, it does not justify discriminating based on skin color. |
Anonymous
You sound racist if you think black applications are so ill-redeemable that they need handouts and boosts to receive acceptance rates. |
Anonymous
There are a lot of universities and colleges that feel that having a diverse student body is core to their educational mission and provides great value. Even if the supreme Court disagrees, it doesn't change that. That is part of the educational philosophy of many of these institutions. Rather than attack institutions that have different values from your own, why not try harder to find a good match for yourself? |
Anonymous
You sound like you don't understand statistics. Let's take a look at NYC for example. Here is some data for their specialized public high schools. Here's a breakdown of the 2025 admissions data: Black Students: 8 out of 781 students admitted to Stuyvesant. Hispanic Students: Just under 7% of all students admitted to the eight specialized high schools. Asian Students: 53.5% of the seats were offered to Asian students. White Students: 25.9% of the seats were offered to White students. And here is the demographic data for New York City public high school students. 41.3% Hispanic, 24.4% Black, 16.3% Asian, and 14.4% White You're the one that seems to think that this data is sound in it's indication that black and Hispanic students are not capable of deserving to benefit from the education available at these specialized high schools. You don't see any problem with this situation and I do. And on we go. |