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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The process may be broken, but we also must understand that capacity at the best schools has not kept pace with the increase in applications. Moreover, there are just more qualified kids. In the past, not everyone was aware of how to play the game at elite schools, but now more people test prep, develop hooks, and are aware of needs-blind admissions. Also, there are so many more opportunities for poor and/or minority kids to attend elite colleges, like Questbridge. Is sum, I don’t know if the system is broken as much as people don’t realize there is a supply constraint even as demand increases. That means the “price” - in this case, the acceptance hurdle - must go higher, which means a lower acceptance rate. [/quote]

Right. Which means that checking all the boxes for Harvard are necessary, but not sufficient, for admission. [/quote]

I know someone who was accepted to Harvard.  Yes, she got good grades and scores.But so did thousands of others   She is also a professional ballerina.  Really - who can compete with something like this?   😂[/quote]

Yeah, that’s the kind of hook an UMC white kid needs. Or ROTC.  I get why schools want URM, I’m not bashing that and I support it. But if you’re white and neither first gen nor a legacy, you need to be extra unique - like pro ballerina unique - or a recruitable athlete.  [/quote]

This is a funny post. You're upset that if you're white and not first gen, a recruited athlete or a legacy you need to have something else? You do realize that most legacies are white, as are most recruited athletes? You've listed multiple ways that white kids have an advantage but still imply that somehow URMs are the major issue. Thanks for the laugh.[/quote]

I’m not upset. My kid didn’t even apply to those kinds of schools. It’s just the way admissions are now - and I said I support the URM policies. Why do you think all white kids should be judged the same though? Are all white people  the same? Thanks for the laugh. [/quote]

All white people are not the same but neither are all URMs. And even those who "support" URM admissions paint them as the major problem when all the benefits for white people outweigh any benefits to URM. [/quote]

And nothing in my original post even implied that.  Everyone needs a hook. For some that’s their race. For some it’s superior athletic skill.For some it’s family connections.  Most white people are not able to donate $1million or know a board member, so they have to create a hook and that’s also unlikely to happen without a lot of money. This is probably too nuanced a topic for a message board, but I think my point is clear. [/quote]

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