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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Like we don't all know who OP is. Trying to stir the pot again suggesting there is some kind of a secret handshake that gets minorities in Harvard.

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???
OP could be applying to any number of private and public schools.

Let me guess, you're white and hoping your kid is going to get into a top school? I don't know if you saw the acceptance rate by academic decile chart for Harvard pre-SFFA but schools like Harvard are desperate for high (really even medium-high) performing minorities. If I remember correctly the admission rate for some minority applicants at the 5th academic decile was something like 50% at Harvard?

If minorities do get in it won't be because of a secret handshake, it'll be because of concerted efforts made by Harvard AOs to recruit them. Sorry.[/quote]

Presently, when minorities get in it is because they are high performing students like everyone else on campus. Is the fact these kids have the temerity to even submit an application really all that awful?[/quote]

DP.
They are not like everyone else on campus.
Their academics are significantly worse.
Everyone on that campus knows it.[/quote]
BS. My URM kid with a 1530 SAT and top honors/ECs/gpa disagrees with you. [/quote]

Anecdote is not data.
Your one kid with a 1530 is not representative of the URM at these schools.

https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/sat-percentile-ranks-gender-race-ethnicity.pdf[/quote]

There are a few hundred of us and more every year. These numbers give the lie to your weekly aspersions that none of us deserve to be where we are  [/quote]

I posted earlier about having a Hispanic/AA NMSF. My kid has the stats so he applied with his 1500 SAT score and 4.3gpa (IB) to 4 ivies but we know chances are slim even if you’re competitive.

I mentioned earlier that several apps and portal supplements explicitly asked about race and Hispanic ethnicity. Some also asked about gender identity. I wish I had kept track but a majority of his applications asked about race and ethnicity.

Not FGLI but somehow got on Questbridge radar and they invited him to apply for QB match but he didn’t. He also has a very typical Hispanic last name and his College Board profile includes National Hispanic and National AA recognition. There was no need to highlight it any further in his essays.

We got so much mail (hard copy and email) from several Ivies and T20 that promoted their commitment to diversity, highlighted students of color, etc.

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Great.[/quote]

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