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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP,  do you really think a ton of the kids getting in are 1st gen? They are being sought because they have mire hurdles and are underrepresented.  Do you get what underrepresented means? There aren't that many of them. I wish people would stop focusing on the underrepresented few. Those kids are not "beating out" some private school kid for the same spot. That's not how it works.[/quote]

Well, NYU last year had no racial minorities and almost 26% identify as American Indian/Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, Black/African American, or Hispanic. In the admitted class, 19% identify as first in their families to attend college and 20% are Pell Grant recipients.

First gen applications are up. https://feed.georgetown.edu/access-affordability/increase-in-applications-from-first-gen-and-underrepresented-students/

http://www.nyu.edu/content/nyu/en/about/news-publications/news/2023/march/admissions-class-of-2027

Yale accepted 70 questbridge applicants for the 2028 freshman class. 
https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2023/12/06/over-70-questbridge-scholars-to-join-yales-class-of-2028/

And questbridge acceptances are up 28% overall. https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2023/12/16/colleges-accept-record-number-of-low-income-students-via-questbridge/?sh=789694ef6cd3

So, no, I don’t think you can say these spots are not given more freely to minority students nor can you say they don’t have an easier process for admissions. Equal grades will not result in equal outcomes. [/quote]

Yes, colleges take into account how far a student has come to get to the point of applying to their school. Rich, private school kids come from third base. First gen, Pell grant and Questbridge kids started in the dugout.
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