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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work for an org that helps low-income students apply to college. Our students are really dispirited and applications will likely be down overall. Typically, our high academic achievers would complete an average of 10 applications, but it's been hard to convince students to apply to our usual mix of lesser known/strong financial aid schools.[/quote]What a shame, especially in this test-optional environment.  Do they include a large proportion of URMs, or not really?[/quote]

The vast majority of our students are Black, Latinx, and Southeast Asian. Lately, most of our "white" students have been refugees from Syria and Iraq. These demographics reflect the broader demographics of our local school systems. We do have a good record of overmatching students, and they tend to do very well at those reach schools. We will just have to see how this year goes. We do push, but we also need to be human and acknowledge if a young person has lost 3 family members to COVID and they are worried about getting evicted in January, maybe they do 4 college applications instead of 10, and it will be okay.[/quote]

Latinos don't call themselves "Latinx". [/quote]

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