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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Logically, if someone has high need, they probably didn't have the resources, quality of education, support, or opportunities that applicants from rich families did. The child of  lawyers in McLean shouldn't be judged by the same academic standards as the child of a single mother who never attended college from Anacostia. E.g., someone from that background who has a 1400 SAT score and a 3 on a few APs will probably do much better in college than the lawyer's kid with a 1550 and 5s on a dozen APs.[/quote]
Why do you think that? I don't disagree that the child of a single mother who never attended college from Anacostia but scores a 1400 SAT and a 3 on a few APs is most likely a good student who will be successful, you also can't deny that odds are their elementary/middle/high school would not be as good as one the lawyers child went to in McLean. There is also the chance they may not have received the rigorous background others did.

Did you miss the recent story about a huge number of students at one of the UC colleges who were placed in remedial math classes because they lacked the skills?

Do you really think those remedial math classes are full of UMC white/Asian students who come from homes where both parents are college educated professionals, attended good schools in the suburbs, had tutors and every resources at their disposal ready to help them while growing up? And the "poor" kids without all those resources growing up are the ones who don't need the remedial math classes/will just do better in college?[/quote]

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