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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Since the Supreme Court ruling on admissions, now universities are looking at low to moderate income high achievers from QuestBridge to fill diversity slots. But what about minority kids who are high income? And everyone else? Are we all getting the shaft? [i]My daughter is getting rejection after rejection even though she has high SAT scores and GPA.[/i] And I’m sure they chose a low income minority to fill that slot over us. The whole admissions game completely sucks. I’m tired of all these overkill programs leaning toward lower or moderate income. It needs to be a fair shot for all. [/quote]

There is so much wrong with this post, as many PPs have addressed above.

It also seems fishy. OP - Your daughter has high stats but already has received “rejection after rejection” by mid-December? That sounds inconsistent to me given the schools that offer EA.

I get that she was likely rejected from her ED school. But which other schools have rejected her already? And what exactly are her stats? [/quote]

good. Now they can join the angst of all the other UMC families who kids are held to a higher standard than FGLI because of their socioeconomic privilege. The URM UMC no longer gets a thumb on the scale for their skin color. And why should they? [/quote]

They should not. However, the opposite is happening for UMC URM students. They now have a harder time than their peers with the same stats. [/quote]
According to who? Are they worse applicants?[/quote]

No. The same lawyer who brought the first SC cases is chomping at the bit to go back and accuse schools of violating the order. If they stick primarily to low income, first gen and athletes they’re safe. With full pay URM students, they have to be prepared to defend. So even with high stats not all students are admitted, if any race, but defending admissions of black students will cost big money and lots of time. UMC black students are being held to a higher standard. [/quote]

so you are saying URM UMC students are being held to a higher standard than white and Asian UMC students? That is interesting. I doubt there is enough data yet post Supreme Court decision to make that statement.  Of course they are being held to a higher standard than the poor URM students—and they should be due to their socioeconomic privilege. [/quote]

Yes, I believe they (black students in particular) are being held to a higher standard than other UMC students. I believe that many of the top schools with lots of eyes on them are afraid to admit many black students who don’t check the other boxes. [/quote]
Most are struggling to get black students so this makes no sense. Amherst had a 3% black population in its 2028 class, do you really think they care that much when their percentage dropped so quickly.[/quote]

Do I believe they care about being sued? Yes I do. It’s very expensive. I think they are all trying to figure out how to keep diversity up while not being sued. [/quote]

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