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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't mean to shit on anyone's parade, but the acceptances at top universities from Wakefield (esp Ivies) most likely have a good deal to do with affirmative action.  I saw it frequently in my Ffx county HS---kids with a full grade point lower and lower test scores getting acceptances --and often a scholarship to boot![/quote]

First of all, none of the Ivies and few of the top colleges give "scholarships," they give financial aid. That has nothing to do with grade point average or test scores but is dependent on the family's financial situation.

Second, the notion that Ivy League institutions are accepting "unqualified" students because of "affirmative action" is patently false. You don't think Princeton gets plenty of applications from non-white students with high scores and GPAs? Come on.

Third, your implication is that white students at Wakefield won't do as well in the college acceptance game. But (a) you have absolutely NO proof of that (are you privy to the racial stats behind that acceptance data?) and (b) you are apparently assuming the OP is white. Why is that?

Fourth, even if what you are implying is true, you are forgetting that there are students of color at Yorktown, W-L, and HB Woodlawn as well. How do you know that the college acceptance rates at those high schools aren't similarly "tainted" by affirmative action?

You may not mean to shit on anyone's parade, but you are talking out of your ass.[/quote]

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