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[quote=Anonymous]but accepting the best students are very subjective! I used to be an admissions counselor for a private college. I can tell you that GPA and test score were not always the best indicators of success. A number of my high GPA and test scorers struggled to adjust to the rigorous academic setting. From the data we collected at our institution, the students that did the best, or had the least amount of struggle in their first two years were in the 3.0-3.3 GPA range and average ACT scores. We considered average ACT to be 19-23 score. What we found is that students in the 3.0-3.3 range were involved in multiple school and community activities. They had more perspective and better time management skills.

I will also tell you that we did not make decisions based on race. Of course we had diversity recruitment efforts, but candidates that did not meet the criteria were never considered. We did have discussions about ALL applicants that were on the borderline of our criteria. I actually found myself admitting more poor and rural white students (on that borderline criteria) than people of color. I use to laugh and think "everyone thinks affirmative action only benefits people of color. If folks only knew the reality."

And don't get me started about legacy kids. We even gave them special scholarships. At my institution, 96 percent of legacy admits were not people of color either.

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