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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think ED to Amherst is a reach but doable I [/quote]

I’m an Amherst alum and after seeing their promotional materials for admit rates for first generation and people of color, I would not encourage any white kid from the northeastern suburbs that is not a recruited athlete or first Gen college to apply.  I just don’t see how they can hit the numbers they are aiming for, and fill their sports teams, otherwise.  Maybe if you were an Olympian or child actor or coca-cola scholar or something like that.

Amherst is different from swarthmore, Williams, etc. in its level of commitment to diversifying its classes.  [/quote]

This advice is spot-on and could apply to Bowdoin, Williams, Wesleyan, and others. Unless you're a recruited athlete, first gen or something extraordinary, do not get your caucasian child's hopes up. [/quote]

All of the schools you listed are between 35%-70% Caucasian. How is that discouraging?[/quote]

Well, I think the discussion is about future, incoming classes. And some of these very elite SLACs who have huge endowments can pick and choose more carefully. So while the incoming class may have a plurality of white students, fewer of them might be from this affluent, Northeast mold.

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