Are minorities accepted

[Anonymous]

into colleges more easily than non-minorities? I thought that was a myth.

My high school age child is black and Hispanic, do colleges cut some slack if your GPA and SATs are ok but not great.

Serious question. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

It is largely a myth. And depends on what college.

More relevant question: Is your child attending an under-resourced high school with a high poverty rate? Doing relatively well despite that disadvantage? Will they be the generation to go to college in your family?

A student with somewhat lower standardized test score but strong grades, outstanding rec letters may still be admitted at some more selective colleges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:into colleges more easily than non-minorities? I thought that was a myth.

My high school age child is black and Hispanic, do colleges cut some slack if your GPA and SATs are ok but not great.

Serious question. Thanks.

There is a frequently posted Harvard Crimson article showing the differences in incoming students’ SAT scores by race. Google it. You will get cut some slack by being an under-represented minority (black, Hispanic, or Native American).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:into colleges more easily than non-minorities? I thought that was a myth.

My high school age child is black and Hispanic, do colleges cut some slack if your GPA and SATs are ok but not great.

Serious question. Thanks.

There is a frequently posted Harvard Crimson article showing the differences in incoming students’ SAT scores by race. Google it. You will get cut some slack by being an under-represented minority (black, Hispanic, or Native American).

I can only go by my experience 20 years ago. As an AA student at a top 20 school, many of my friends were in high school magnet programs, GT, programs private schools etc. There were some that were valedictorian or within top 5 of their school and some that were in the top x% of the school. No one was an average student in high school.

Personally, I am not raising my daughter to assume there is any slack. There is just too much competition out there for college admissions and the top schools are recruiting not just from the US but internationally.

[Anonymous]

Yes. Absolutely.

[Anonymous]

It depends. Might have an easier time getting into a 50+ ranked mostly white SLAC that is actively seeking to diversify their student body.

[Anonymous]

We haven’t seen any slack cut for anyone we know, but we also don’t know anyone AA or Latino who applied for a school that they weren’t already extremely well qualified for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is largely a myth. And depends on what college.

More relevant question: Is your child attending an under-resourced high school with a high poverty rate? Doing relatively well despite that disadvantage? Will they be the generation to go to college in your family?

A student with somewhat lower standardized test score but strong grades, outstanding rec letters may still be admitted at some more selective colleges.

Except that it's not. The fact is that you are at a disadvantage if you are Asian, and you have a clear advantage if you are Black or Hispanic.

[Anonymous]

These days, being economically disadvantaged is the “hook”.

If you do well in school despite these struggles, that is compelling to colleges.

Race and ethnicity alone are no longer the shiny diamonds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is largely a myth. And depends on what college.

More relevant question: Is your child attending an under-resourced high school with a high poverty rate? Doing relatively well despite that disadvantage? Will they be the generation to go to college in your family?

A student with somewhat lower standardized test score but strong grades, outstanding rec letters may still be admitted at some more selective colleges.

Except that it's not. The fact is that you are at a disadvantage if you are Asian, and you have a clear advantage if you are Black or Hispanic.

Repeating something untrue won’t make it true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is largely a myth. And depends on what college.

More relevant question: Is your child attending an under-resourced high school with a high poverty rate? Doing relatively well despite that disadvantage? Will they be the generation to go to college in your family?

A student with somewhat lower standardized test score but strong grades, outstanding rec letters may still be admitted at some more selective colleges.

Except that it's not. The fact is that you are at a disadvantage if you are Asian, and you have a clear advantage if you are Black or Hispanic.

Repeating something untrue won’t make it true.

It's astonishing to me that with all the data that's out there on this that people still think this is untrue. Simply astonishing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is largely a myth. And depends on what college.

More relevant question: Is your child attending an under-resourced high school with a high poverty rate? Doing relatively well despite that disadvantage? Will they be the generation to go to college in your family?

A student with somewhat lower standardized test score but strong grades, outstanding rec letters may still be admitted at some more selective colleges.

Except that it's not. The fact is that you are at a disadvantage if you are Asian, and you have a clear advantage if you are Black or Hispanic.

If you're comparing Asians to other groups, why did you not include whites in those who have a clear advantage? I can guarantee you there will be way more white students with lower scores than Asians, than black or Hispanics when looking at overall numbers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:into colleges more easily than non-minorities? I thought that was a myth.

My high school age child is black and Hispanic, do colleges cut some slack if your GPA and SATs are ok but not great.

Serious question. Thanks.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is largely a myth. And depends on what college.

More relevant question: Is your child attending an under-resourced high school with a high poverty rate? Doing relatively well despite that disadvantage? Will they be the generation to go to college in your family?

A student with somewhat lower standardized test score but strong grades, outstanding rec letters may still be admitted at some more selective colleges.

Except that it's not. The fact is that you are at a disadvantage if you are Asian, and you have a clear advantage if you are Black or Hispanic.

Repeating something untrue won’t make it true.

You are not familiar with the data produced in the Harvard lawsuit? There are loads of news articles.

[Anonymous]

Yes, URMs get in with much lower stats than whites/Asians. How is this even a question?