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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's very competitive but I do wonder about how they select candidates who need the support of the program. The one kid I know who is a posse scholar is biracial and from a fairly wealthy family. Both parents went to college and law/grad school.

I thought the program was to provide support (your posse) in the transition to and through college (+$$) but she was hardly the kind of student who would need that.[/quote]

Not sure why you think being biracial is a blocker to participating…

I can understand the income component to an extent, but you really cannot know someone’s income/finances[/quote]

When I first heard of Posse a while ago it was from hearing an interview with the founder. He talked about how difficult it was as a first gen student of color to go to college and not have anyone like him for friendship/support. So the original purpose of the program was to recruit high achieving, first gen students of color and send them to college together to be a "posse" for each other. So when I saw she was a scholar I was surprised because of the not-first gen/high income part but being biracial fit the "students of color" part.

Looking into it further I see that the goals of the program have completely changed. It no longer has anything to do with income/first-gen/URM. It's purely about identifying "leadership." Which is fine. But surprised me that they changed it so completely. Given the access to guidance and resources for developing "leadership" (however they conceive that) that wealthier kids have it seems like a program with that focus but no preference for other factors just becomes a program to give full rides to rich kids.  [/quote]

The founder is a white woman [/quote]

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