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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hmm.

The article:

* Legacies
* Children of faculty or donors
* URMs
* First gen
* Students from upscale private schools
* Top 1% of applicants

Reaction from DCUM parents when their kid gets rejected or wait listed at a selective college:

* URM!!!
*First gen!!!
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[b]Perhas because statistically that’s all the AOs care about. They wish the other categories would go away[/b] [/quote]

You're ridiculous. The white student population at every ivy is larger than any other ethnicity. Don't be grumpy that you don't get ALL of the spots.  :roll: 
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THANK YOU for pointing this out. The way some people post here, you'd think these colleges are full of non-white kids. It's clear when you tour that the majority of spots are still going to white kids. [/quote]

Here are the numbers from 2020:

US population:

White 59%

Yale:

White 33%

The proportion of “non-white kids” does not correspond to the national average.

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This is flawed thinking, leaves out crucial data and does not (I think as this totals less than 80%, and Int'l is about 20%) include international students which will add to white and Asian totals. If we add to your numbers with other demographics, it would appear that the greatest race advantage is Asian (double represented per population). Hispanic and AA would be most underrepresented.

Yale: Asian, 10.6% Hispanic or Latino, 6.53% Black or African American, 4.92% Two or More Races, 0.249%

US Pop: 
Hispanic: 18.5%
Black: 12.2%
Asian: 5.6%
Multiple Races: 2.8%[/quote]

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