Selective colleges are taking fewer from kids Private and Boarding every year and more from public

[Anonymous]

"Selective colleges are taking fewer from kids Private and Boarding every year and more from public"

Impossibly vague. What is a "selective college?" <10% <20% < 50% acceptance rate? Are all "Private Schools" the same?

In my DC elite private school at least 90% of the grads go to schools that consider themselves selective. There is a trend toward bigger schools in warmer climates.

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Anonymous wrote:Legacy admissions is affirmative action for white people.

http://affinitymagazine.us/2017/08/05/white-people-dont-talk-about-legacy-admissions-because-its-the-affirmative-action-that-helps-them/

Have said this before... attended Stanford in the mid 80s. Our class was 40% "minority" at that time. Ivys were similar. Obviously those people have sent and are sending their kids now to elite schools as "legacies." Get with the 21st century.

I know a "minority" who attends Stanford now. She has one black grandparent and looks Italian. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for affirmative action. But it's gamed by savvy upper middle class parents.

Careful..you assume that the student would not have gotten in to Stanford otherwise. This is most likely not the case. Any kid that gets into Stanford is top notch.

Actually throughout the 80s Stanford was 30% non-white. Great inactive tool here for most 'top' colleges over time.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/24/us/affirmative-action.html?_r=0

[Anonymous]

She just wants to make sure you still pay her OP if your kid doesn't get in anywhere good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Legacy admissions is affirmative action for white people.

http://affinitymagazine.us/2017/08/05/white-people-dont-talk-about-legacy-admissions-because-its-the-affirmative-action-that-helps-them/

Have said this before... attended Stanford in the mid 80s. Our class was 40% "minority" at that time. Ivys were similar. Obviously those people have sent and are sending their kids now to elite schools as "legacies." Get with the 21st century.

I know a "minority" who attends Stanford now. She has one black grandparent and looks Italian. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for affirmative action. But it's gamed by savvy upper middle class parents.

Careful..you assume that the student would not have gotten in to Stanford otherwise. This is most likely not the case. Any kid that gets into Stanford is top notch.

Actually throughout the 80s Stanford was 30% non-white. Great inactive tool here for most 'top' colleges over time.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/24/us/affirmative-action.html?_r=0

Stanford and USC are following (but lagging) the trend of all California schools - where Asians at the largest demographic. A lower % of Asian students arrive at top schools from private schools - which helps explain why the percent of private school kids at top schools declines as the # of Asian students increases.