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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Im subsidizing white middle class kids whose parents are incapable of feeling embarrassed to go to private school.  At $2.5 HHI, its insignificant for me, other than the fact that my kids have to go to school with the kids of these terrible people.[/quote]

Would it make you feel better if I told you we were a URM?[/quote]

If you are the $225k family who gets 60% aid, then it makes me uncomfortable. Affirmative action is meant to give kids a chance who otherwise wouldn't be able to. What they are doing here is paying a wealthy family to send their (AA? Hispanic?) child to the school just to improve diversity stats.[/quote
Affirmative action? What does FA have to do with Affirmative Action if in fact that is what it is. My DC's WPPSI was in the 96% and she wowed them (their words not mine) during her Playdate. She speaks two languages, has a vast vocabulary, and a sharp analytical mind. She started learning to read at the age of three. So when I say she is exceptionally bright, she is -- by my standards and theirs. My child is no ones "affirmative action" placement, she earned her spot. As for the FA what it meant to me was they identified my DC as someone they want to invest in. At $225K we are not wealthy. We are not poor, but we are far from wealthy. We own a modest home, have high student loan debt and debt related to unconcerned medical expenses. We would happily pay full freight if we had the income.

Now let's say they are paying us to send our kid to their school for diversity stats, what's the problem with that? Have you considered that maybe out of all of their URM applicants my DC was in fact the most qualified, and that our inability to pay full freight should not interfere with her attending their school? How is paying us for diversity stats any different than paying an athlete to boost their winning record? You may earn 2.5 million and arguably are extremely successful in your chosen field, but when it comes to understanding exactly what Affirmative Action is and how it works you aren't that well versed on the nuances.

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I wasn't the crazy rich OP, but I am the person you're responding to. I have never heard of a school giving that much aid to someone making that much money, so yes, my assumption was that it was due to race. I'm sure your child is amazing but a white family would not be given that much money. Schools very rightly want to increase diversity and do so by giving out aid, but I find it cynical when they do so by bringing in children of black lawyers and doctors who would do well wherever they went, rather than kids who really need it. Of course they should have admitted her, but they should offer aid to everyone at the same income level using the same rules.

We make about $250k and I do consider us wealthy. I would not apply for or expect aid. [/quote]

News flash, even if you're white, you will likely get aid too at 250k. Just cause you choose to suffer is not on me. The aid is there, I apply, and the school chooses to give it. [/quote]

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