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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.jbhe.com/2017/01/black-first-year-students-at-the-nations-leading-research-universities-2016/

https://www.jbhe.com/2017/01/black-first-year-students-at-the-nations-leading-liberal-arts-colleges-2016/

Overall vs. Black Acceptance Rate:

Emory- 25.2% vs 25.9%
Cornell- 14.1% vs 17.6%
UChicago- 7.9% vs 8.3%
Johns Hopkins- 11.9% vs 15.6%
USC- 16.6% vs 14.9%
Rice- 15.3% vs 16.7%
Pomona- 9.4% vs 16%
Wesleyan- 17% vs 12.9%
Davidson- 20.1% vs 13%
Colgate- 28.5% vs 16%
Vassar- 26.9% vs 26.8%
Barnard- 16.7% vs 14.1%

The gaps are not huge and often even lower (especially at LACs)[/quote]

Why are we rolling out the scores of black students? The real competition is between Asian and white students. There are not enough Black students at Harvard to make a difference in this argument. The Ivy league has decided that 7-8% of African Americans is all that they will let in. - I bet you'd see roughly the same percentages for Asians across the Ivy League, as well.  I think there is a type of collusion going on.

I'm black and I think what is being done to Asians is wrong - but to say that is because they are letting in black students with lower credentials is a foolish game designed to pit minorities against each other. It's the legacy and athletic hooks that hurt Asians the most.  My DC will be applying to two Ivies DCs credentials are in the middle 50% for those schools. I don't consider it to be a slam dunk at all.[/quote]

Harvard latest class is 15% black

I don’t mind that - it’s good to have more blacks on campus because in general they are happier and contribute to making the school less stressful

Legacies and jews are what are really overrepresented

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Should admissions offices start asking applicants for their religion? Short of that, there's no way to keep all these Jews from sneaking in.[/quote]

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