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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Trying to put together a college list with our URM son.

College placement at our private has no guidance in terms of how he may benefit from diversity interests.

Anyone have insight here?  It used to be quantifiable, now we feel we are shooting in the dark.[/quote]

I am one of the most active anti-affirmative action posters on this board.
But I don't blame any parent using the advantages that the colleges want to apply to their kid.
The benefit will be smaller than it used to be.
It will no longer be 120 SAT points at Harvard and 250 points at the T10-25.
Expect to see that number at least halved at test required schools.

If you want to see the benefit of racial preferences you will have to bare your wounds.
Talk about the adversity you had to overcome because of the race anbd how you grew or learned from that experience.
It will have to genuinely sound like something pretty impressive to really get the full boost.  
You can't just drop the fact that you are black into an essay and realistically expect to get much of a racial preference.[/quote]

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