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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds like many of you didn’t read the full article…

“ …Even when applicants had the same SAT or ACT scores, those from the richest families were more than twice as likely to be admitted, according to the study, which analyzed data on test scores and parental income taxes for nearly all U.S.”[/quote]

Sigh. Because wealth doesn't only impact academics. It impacts access and achievements in extra-curriculars. Isn't that OBVIOUS to you??? [b]Extra-curriculars are the single most inequitable category of college admissions, FAR surpassing test scores and grades.[/b] Any intelligent child can get good grades and test scores, and there are free or low-cost tutors and test prep available everywhere in the US. But no amount of talent can propel a poor kid to the highest levels of any EC that requires money over a sustained period of time.

My kid will have been playing violin for 14 years by the time she applies to college. Twice a week year round, $100/hr, which is cheap given how reputable her teacher is. The violin cost a lot of money. She has won competitions and achieved a high level. Her STEM-minded friend went to Paris last winter for a genetics competition, and does that sort of thing regularly. And that's nothing compared to travel sports (10K+ a year), horse eventing, polo, sailing, flying, car racing, etc.

You seem to have NO IDEA of how much parents can spend on extra-curriculars, and how it influences college admissions.
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Some admissions officers (not many) see through all of this BS and would rather admit the kid who worked at McDonald's to earn spending money and save for college for a few years and had a few promotions over the over-privileged violin playing fencer from Chevy Chase whose SAHM or nanny schlepped them around in the family Range Rover so they can be a superstar at something that they are going to drop like a bad habit once they are into college.[/quote]

Except the data proves you wrong.[/quote]

In your effort to be snarky and show how smart you think you are you missed my parenthetical "not many." Reading is fundamental, brainiac. Feeling defensive because you are a tiger mom with an over-programmed, cliche violin-playing fencer? And you don't have a legacy to lean on because you went to Moron U?[/quote]

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