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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]LOL.  Asian mom of a magnet Junior here.

This should burn me up because my kid has these same things stacked against him (limiting college quota, more competition in school etc., needing higher GPA and SAT scores than other racial groups)   -  But it does not.

For two reasons -

1) I do not buy into this whole Ivy hype that if you do not get into it, you are doomed.  In fact - I have been a big supporter of public schools and I am a big supporter of state universities.  Can my kid get a great STEM education in other colleges? A resounding yes!  An example of a Blair HS SMACS kid who went to UMD and have gotten national recognition.
http://www.umdrightnow.umd.edu/news/umd-junior-selected-prestigious-truman-scholarship-0

2) My kids have been given good enough advantages in their lives that they can make something out of their lives.
They have had enough enrichment and the best of what public school education can offer. They have solid family support. All of their college (undergrad, masters, Phd, medical school, law school - whatever they  choose) - will be financed by us. Which means that they solid advantage over many many students who will start their professional lives after college with crippling student debt.

And having said that I do believe that there is no way disadvantaged communities can come up until the playing field is evened. If it means something as small as my kid's Ivy League rejection - so be it.

And why would I want the underrepresented minorities to do well? Mainly because you want your kids to live in a stable and functional society.    Income, education, achievement gaps also create imbalance and instability in the society. We all suffer when that happens - even Ivy League graduates.[/quote]

I would marry you if I wasn't already taken. :)[/quote]

I'm a straight female, so marriage is out, but I want to be PP's BFF. Awesome post. I am the white mom of white sons and I feel exactly the same about my own children and their futures, and about the success of URMs.[/quote]

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