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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am observing that the majority of students that my son is friends with at his big 3 school that got into ivies are urm or recruited athletes or in one case a Caucasian legacy.  The smart qualified Caucasian  kid with no connections does not even have a shot.  [/quote]
Hmmm.  What school is that?

Also, depending on how you interpret what OP is saying, it might not be all that surprising ...

To keep the math simple, let's assume 10 students admitted to Ivys.  Let's also assume the school is 30% non-Caucasian (which seems to be a fairly common ratio these days), so that accounts for at least 3 of the 10 admits, even without assuming any "hook" for URMs.  Given that Ivys are pretty open about promoting URM admissions, it's reasonable to add 1 more URM admit, which brings us to 4 in 10.  Add in just 1 athlete recruit (who may well be Caucasian), and 1 Caucasian legacy (and I'm surprised there's only one).  When you total it up, we're at 6 in 10 (a "majority"), none of whom fit the mold of a "smart qualified Caucasian kid with no connections."  I'm willing to bet the other 4 admits in our hypothetical will end up being "smart qualified Caucasian kids with no connections."

Even in my hypothetical, only 3 of the 10 students got any advantage from a supposed "hook" (1 URM, 1 athlete, 1 legacy).  The rest were admitted on merit.  The real issue with the math is that OP is focusing her consideration on the "Caucasian" element, and ignoring the simple fact that there are lots of non-Caucasian students who will get admitted on pure merit.

Given the recent bickering over the Long Island student admitted to 8 Ivys, and the many race-related comments that situation encouraged, I am quite skeptical about the conspicuous timing and content of OP's post.  I worry she is just trolling for controversy.[/quote]

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