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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does your son have aspirations to attend graduate school? My child didn't get into her top choice either but has found a way to embrace another good option. She wants to go to graduate school. I explained that your job now is to get a solid undergraduate education embrace the opportunity. The door has been cracked open, now it's what you do with it that matters. If you do your best, then you could have your pick of graduate programs. [b]Applying to graduate school is an entirely different ball game[/b]. My kid has embraced this thinking.

What does your son want long term? How will doing well at this undergrad school him him get there? Stop focusing on what he didn't get and start focusing on the opportunity he has right now if he's willing to seize it.[/quote]

Is it though?  I went to a top medical school and then top residency and the make-up of the student body at both programs is NOTHING like it was when I was there 20 years ago.  These schools/programs are also admitting a large percentage of their classes based on diversity (first gen, racial, economic, geographic, etc).  They're not admitting on academic merit either.

My top residency class did not admit a SINGLE while male for the incoming class that just completed the residency match--quite striking as there were probably 20 white males when I was there.  I'm not a white male either and feel that it's a very good thing to diversify the program and medicine in general.  However, I just wanted to point out that the new world of admissions does not stop at undergraduate these days.  [/quote]

Very interesting. I think it's time to fight back. They cannot ask you to prove things like race. Let's all start doing a little more "identifying as" with races that are more socially acceptable. This removes the power or systemic racism from universities.[/quote]

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