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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Different poster but the fact is that my kids (white) need to score higher by over 100 points (closer to 200) on SAT and have a higher gpa to get into the same schools as their friends who are black.  It’s simply the truth.  [/quote]

It's also "simply the truth" that you think that 100 points matters and the colleges do not.  And they get to choose.

[quote=Anonymous]So they need to work harder, perform better and have a more appealing set of extracurricular activities.  Other groups have had to do that at other times for admissions and now it is the turn for my kids.  It’s important that they know.  Our son’s closest friend at a top private will be a full pay black boy. [/quote]

I probably should not even bother with a troll who uses the phrase "black boy", but I can't help myself.  I recommend you ask your son's bestie what he thinks of that phrase.

[quote=Anonymous]So when my kid asks if he can spend the summer in the same way that his friend does, my answer is no. Because you need to have a higher standard for the same result. And, sadly, your black friend will likely face discrimination later in life and he will need to be a higher standard. I don’t think it’s a problem to give kids, really young adults, the information they need to navigate this.[/quote]

And this is where you show you are the problem - that it is YOU that cares if the kid goes to Dartmouth and not Skidmore, Cornell and not Michigan.  Not your kid.  YOU.[/quote]

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