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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP,  thanks for not blaming the URM boogeyman like most of the grievance-,filled DCUM posters do when their DC doesn't get admitted to his/ her college of choice.[/quote]

God damn it. Some of you act like admissions standards aren't quantifiably lower for URMs and first gens. The data is readily available: they are. And each of those acceptances means one fewer acceptance for students -- many of them sons and daughters of people who post here -- not in favored demographic groups but with much higher stats. It's bull crap. And just to preempt the response I'm sure is coming, yes, legacies have gotten the same favorable treatment for many years. That's bull crap too.[/quote]

A poor brown kid did not steal your kid’s spot. Try harder next time.[/quote]

Exactly. The entitlement burns. [/quote]

Look, I have no dog in this fight. But neither of the 2 immediate PPs are contributing anything constructive to the discussion raised. It's not "entitlement" [b]to think that you work hard and excel = you get into a top school. That is how it has been -and some think it should be- forever. [/b]Why should those kids go to "lesser" schools when they've worked hard to get the top grades?

Answer the PPs question -and I'd like to know the answer- are the admit standards lower or not for certain demographics and groups?[/quote]

I looked up Thurgood Marshall because I remembered reading that he wanted to go to University of Maryland but was not able to attend.  From Wikipedia “ Marshall wanted to study in his hometown law school, the University of Maryland School of Law, but did not apply because of the school's policy of segregation… Marshall graduated from Howard Law in 1933 ranked first in his class with an LL.B. magna cum laude”.  Per your argument that since the beginning of time people could expect if they worked hard they would get into the top school begs the question what people are you referring to?  Do you really not have a dog, or dog whistle as it may be, in this fight?

Ummm . . . this doesn't say he didn 't get in.  It says he didn't apply.  There are so many real examples - you just didn't pick one. Weak.

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