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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]True. Odd that the wall street journal is so unaware.[/quote] As PPs noted, the WSJ knew exactly what it was doing. People that understand current college admissions know this kid's story raised several red flags, but it plays right into the political and social narrative the WSJ is pushing.  [/quote]

Well they could have pushed it better if they had found a more compelling story.[/quote]

[i]The example taps into the ressentiment that exists in many white people, that they and/or their offspring are being eclipsed by folks who are not as qualified[/i] w/o any awareness of the 
"defiiciencies" in their own qualifications. WSJ doesn't want more compelling; they want an example that stokes these feelings, even if they are largely not based in fact.

If that girl really had a modicum of reading comprehension, she would know from perusing College Confidential, CDS sets, etc that ANY of the top schools on her list were a reach and that a college list in the 2022 cycle needed to include more targets than reaches and more safeties than targets.

But she didn't get and/or heed good feedback and here she is at the end of the cycle. [/quote]

Where in the article does it state the bolded?  There are disappointed students all around.  Why can't white students feel that disappointment many students experience?  [/quote]

I'm a PP who wrote that Facebook college groups are filled with comments on how their kid/niece/nephew/next door neighbor kid has all As, didn't get a full ride to X university, and probably because minorities are getting all the money. A 4.0 GPA is now more common than it used to be. There is no mention of test scores or any other activities, but just how the kid is getting screwed. And yes, a kid can get full rides, but they need to apply to schools that dole them out. Most don't. They lash out yet often are ill-informed on how college admissions, financial aid, and merit work in these times. Especially merit - if you do not qualify for FA and want to go to a LAC, then you usually need to apply a rung or two down to pull down the big merit bucks. Not all flagships spread around the money, so maybe the student needs to look out of state or at a regional uni.

There is so much more information available - real time - than when many of us applied to college, but a number of parents/students do not seem to avail themselves of it. [/quote]

Well said.[/quote]

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