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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Everyone bring something to the table that impacts the bottom line. A URM first Gen brings diversity to the schools admit number. UMC white and Asian kids from the DamV bring string scores and the ability to be full pay or close. [/quote] Do you even see your assumptions and bias in this statement? [/quote]

Yep. And it sucks. But as long as there is a finite pool of qualified URM and first gen candidates, and USNWR ranks based on percent of pell grants (higher is better) and elite schools advertise kids from every state and 31 nations, plus 30% URM and Wp% first Gen on their website (which they do), there is going to be pressure to admit every URM with even a chance of succeeding. Because UrM and low income are metrics rankers and parents and kids (and sometime the state legislature for state schools) consider. Amd it’s easier to admit a 3.8 not SAT than a 3.8 1200 sAT, especially for SLAC, where a few low SATs can throw off the whole average— again used by USNWR.

It’s not a secret that URM needs 100 points lower than a white student and 100 plus points more than URM. If you can not report the score, your average goes up.  Look now further than what Vat has been up to lately.

Colleges want holistic admissions. Well, that’s how the game is played with holistic admissions when USNWR.  Colleges can admit the kids they want/need to design the perfect class— and not worry about keeping SAT average up.

No one is stopping these schools from going race blind. That would be my preference. But, that’s not reality.

Besides, the biggest winner of not having to post an SAT score  is legacies (white) and athletics (often predominately white, except the football team). [/quote]

The only basketball team I can think of that is predominately white is Iowa.[/quote]

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