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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The high profile college acceptances (T10, ivies) at W-L are driven by the hooks you mentioned (URM, first gen).  At Yorktown, they are driven by athletic recruitment.

Bottom line: neither school will increase your chances at a T10 unless you’ve got one of the aforementioned hooks.[/quote]

Yep. If you’re a white female it doesn’t matter which school for college acceptance. [/quote]

Excuse my ignorance (kids are young and was in college overseas), but what does that mean?  White females get a lot of acceptances or rejections?  Also, what is URM?  [/quote]

I believe being a white female means more rejections b/c you aren't an URM (under represented minority) and females tend to be overrepresented, so that's another reason for rejection when schools are balancing the student population.[/quote]

There are schools like Wesleyan and Brown where I believe the applications are 2-1 women-men but the classes are 50-50.[/quote]

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