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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]URM Female with high stats wants to go to GMU for CS. Everyone, including her teachers, discourages her. They tell her she is better suited for UVA and VT (we have to stay in-state) but she has no desire due to their low diversity. Not everyone looking at GMU is a poor student. People select schools for several reasons. Her stats put her in the top percent of admitted students but she really liked GMU. She doesn't view the quiet weekend feel as a drawback. She loves the program, internship opportunities and diversity. [/quote]

How are schools like UVA and VT supposed to become more diverse if URMs reject them out of hand for lack of diversity?[/quote]

They invest in cohort programs, support services and actively recruit and convince students rather than just assuming they will come and thrive.[/quote]

+1. My black son isn't going to be a guinea pig. He turned down UVA due to lack of diversity and opted for Vanderbilt. He received merit scholarships from both but we would have liked him to be in VA and closer to home. He is starting hid sophomore year this year and is very happy there.[/quote]

So your kid made a decision based on a 3% difference in black students at one school vs another?  🤔   might be time to stop patting yourself on the back.[/quote]

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I looked that up too.  So absurd.[/quote]

I looked it up too.  The profiles are almost identical.  Considering how much more black Nashville is, I would say UVA is doing very well acting as a flagship in a state that doesn't have the demographics that Nashville does.

The enrolled student population at Vanderbilt University is 52.2% White, 11% Asian, 9.49% Black or African American, 8.63% Hispanic or Latino, 4.49% Two or More Races, 0.34% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.236% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders.
UVA: Is UVA diverse?
Enrollment by Race & Ethnicity

The enrolled student population at University of Virginia-Main Campus is 56.8% White, 13.1% Asian, 6.48% Black or African American, 6.3% Hispanic or Latino, 4.52% Two or More Races, 0.0897% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.0702% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders.[/quote]

Vanderbilt is a private school that draws nationally (i.e. not locally from Nashville) not a public school that is meant to be supported by, and as a resource for the state. [/quote]

Correct. It has more marketing resources and more money to throw at admissions but it’s also in a city and state that has more URM demographics so if course it’s easier to pull in whatever category you want to buy. So comparing it to a state school with a very different demographic is just absurd[/quote]

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