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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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.[/quote]

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).  [/quote]

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.

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