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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yawn.  White privileged folks prevail as usual w/ alumni connections and donations.[/quote]

Of course, if you happen to be white and have parents who never graduated from high school and Dad makes less than $15 per hour with a SAHM, no special interest group cares about you and  you are totally screwed....[/quote]

Totally wrong -- you're a highly coveted "first-gen" student who will get a free ride if you have the credentials to get into HYPS.  Doesn't mean it'll be easy -- if you fall in this category, you aren't likely to have had the educational opportunities and developed some of the academic skills that UMC kids have, and you may experience a real cultural schock, struggle financially (or cause your family to), and may not have the support you need at home.  But college admissions officers do care about you and you are not totally screwed.[/quote]

Actually the PP was correct.  The majority of poor high performing students are white and the vast majority don't go to top schools.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/education/scholarly-poor-often-overlook-better-colleges.html?hp

"Only 34 percent of high-achieving high school seniors in the bottom fourth of income distribution attended any one of the country’s 238 most selective colleges"

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"Among high-achieving, low-income students, 6 percent were black, 8 percent Latino, 15 percent Asian-American and 69 percent white, the study found"

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Doesn't make the PP right -- PP's point was that poor whites were ignored/screwed by elite colleges.  They are not -- there's an active campaign by top schools to find/attract these kids.  But if you don't apply, you can't be admitted.  And if you are admitted but your family needs you to work PT and live at home, you may not be able to go.  As I said, it's not easy, but the opportunities are there.  And we do kids in this situation a real disservice to say no one cares about your education rather than pointing out these opportunities to them.
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Well, if anyone cared about their education they would probably make the effort to tell them. If these kids were majority black or Hispanic there would be a lot more effort made to pair them with the schools where they belong.[/quote]

Given your use of "them," I'm guessing you're not the parent of a high achieving low income white kid.  Just somebody looking for an anonymous forum where s/he can spout racist BS.[/quote] NP--state the reality that it is easier for urm's t get into selective schools that Asians and Caucasians isn't racist.  It is reality.  People can disagree with whether this practice is good or bad, but reality is reality and that isn't racist.[/quote]

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