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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hearing about many MCPS kids rejected from UMD this year with stats that would have bene likely to be admitted in years prior.  Anyone asked their school's counselors about this?  Rumor mill suggests many less kids admitted. [/quote]

If you look at the factors UMD looks at when determining who to admit (its holistic admissions factors), you'll see that a lot of them have nothing to do with stats. Extra points are given if English isn't your first language, if you've overcome hardship, based on your socioeconomic status or family educational background, etc. For better or worse, DEI is still alive and well at UMD. 
https://admissions.umd.edu/apply/admission-review-process-factors
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DEI for low income students of any race is fine.  Solely race based is not.  Factors like overcoming hardships makes sense as it shows the commitment and grit a student has to overcome their obstacles.

People who are born on 3rd base have it much easier to achieve high stats.  Not so much for people born to low income families, and especially ones where the parents don't speak English or are uneducated.

-Asian American[/quote]

If kids have overcome these hardships and excelled academically, sure.  If not, they are better off in a lower tier school that matches their academic preparation.  And I say that as a low income, first gen student who went to Stanford.[/quote]
[b]But, "excelled" for a kid born on first base is vastly different than "excelled" for a kid born on 3rd base.[/b]

And I also say this as a child of immigrants, whose parents didn't speak any English.  My kid is an academic superstar btw - magnet program, 4.0, and currently has a 4.0 as a dual STEM major in college.  They acknowledged that they were very privileged compared to the way I grew up, and their academic achievements was easier to obtain because we as parents were able to give them a huge leg up.   I didn't do as well academically, and they said that if I had had the privileges that they had, I'd have done just as well as them.  They have some friends in college who grew up more like I did, and they talk about how they grew up.  DC is aware how privileged they are, and how that translated into them being academically advanced.

Lower income kids have to work twice as hard as those who are privileged to achieve the same results.  So, if  they work as much as a privileged kid, and they end up with a slightly lower GPA/SAT score, to me, such a kid has achieved a lot.

The playing field for low income students, particularly those whose parents didn't don't speak English, is not even.[/quote]

No, I disagree.  "excel" means "excel."  If we are talking about a 20 point difference on the SAT (so one missed question), then sure.  But no, the resources in elite educational institutions should be matched with kids who are actually prepared to engage them, regardless of background, not used for false social mobility.[/quote]

The issues is not all hs have the course offerings to achieve.  Ours does not.  So, smart kids don’t get the opportunities.  [/quote]

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