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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only obstacle is that there are not enough seats for all of the qualified students who want to attend. Unless colleges want to address that (and I can't say that they do -- it would certainly change a lot about campus life, class size, facilities, etc.) this is how it's gonna be.[/quote]

OP - yes I have been reading about that recently - the auS has far fewer slots for well ranked colleges than in many other countries.

So is it accurate to categorize your response as the only reform needed is to create more universities or to expand programs within existing universities to allow more students to enroll? [/quote]

No, that does not reflect my opinion at all. My response is that people need to stop being prestige whores and shift their focus away from the T50 or so schools and apply to the roughly 4,000 colleges that accept the majority of their applicants.

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+1000

And realizing that if you kid has the "resume" for a T20 school, they will get into many in the 40-100 range, many times with excellent merit (if it's a private uni).  So broaden your horizon and search for a great fit in that range.  Basically have a true list of targets and safeties and your kid will be successful. [/quote]

OP - the original question is about what reforms are most important for helping more bright and hard working students from disadvantaged communities/ backgrounds gain admission and graduate from well resourced universities.

So are you saying more students need to apply to lower ranked universities? I personally think that many already do apply to much lower ranked colleges due to the madness with common application induced mass rejections.

Also, many black students fail to graduate from low ranked universities and are still lumbered with life long student debt. I wonder whether part of it is they are not given the extra help they need to adjust to the rigors of four year programs. [/quote]

Well 50-100 ranked schools are not the low ranked universities  where black students are failing to graduate.  Those are not Low ranked universities.   Key is to attend a uni where they care and make an effort to help first gen and low income students graduate.  Key is also a program that helps mentor those kids so they are not majoring in Psychology and taking on $100K+ in student loans. I have 3 kids at T100 Uni---ranging from ~30 to ~80s.   All 3 make concerted efforts to support those kids with special programs and extra involvement to assist them[/quote]

OP - I agree that T50-100 are not the colleges I was referring to.

Wonderful that your 3 DC are flourishing.

I agree that applying to colleges with adequate student mentoring is key.  [/quote]

FYI--my kids did not use those programs (mine are beyond privileged and are appreciative for that).  But I can tell from the Parent FB groups and the information the U provides that they are all 3 working hard to ensure those kids get the assurances they need to succeed.  2 are Jesuit universities who always do an excellent job with this.  [/quote]

OP - Yes the Jesuits do education incredibly well. I attended a Jesuit for post grad and learned so much. No assumption left unexamined .

They were also very caring about not only their own students but vulnerable students in the city where we lived. [/quote]

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