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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How many of the previous posters on this thread are NOT privileged?  Let me guess:  none. [/quote]

First gen college here, as an aside.

But I have a serious question for the lawyers on the board, why can’t admissions officers do what the Georgetown Dean claims: adjust score thresholds for zip codes/profiles?  (He is quoted in the latest Selingo article as saying a 1200 from an underprivileged zip code should be viewed differ than a 1200 from a kid with lots of resources).  Aren’t there studies out there on upward mobility that could prove certain profiles, including test scores below the the college range but above the range for a kid’s particular high school, often have a high rate of success in college, and are therefore worth admitting?  Seems like you wouldn’t have to get into questions about race but rather opportunity.

Couldn't you also ask kids on an application if they enrolled in a prep class?  Georgetown already asks to see all scores.

It seems to me more info is good rather than bad.  
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Larry Summers at Harvard suggested doing research like this and testing with the Harvard admissions.  He was forced out before he could do this, perhaps because he wanted to do this they used a pretext.[/quote]

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