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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, when your DC applied to this school, did you check your ethnicity box at that time?  Does the counselor know your background?  I would think he/she would know your son's background and would have factored all of that in.

If he/she didn't, did you bring it up during your discussion of colleges?  If not, why not?[/quote]

To clarify, I mean when your DC applied to his current high school, did you check the "Hispanic" box on your DC's application?[/quote]

I am assuming parents are both educated, college or above, and counselor thinks the [b]URM bump will therefore be modest[/b].[/quote]

So admissions officers treat URM applicants differently based upon parents' education and socio-economic factors?  [/quote]

From the studies I've see, the boost you get from being a Hispanic applicant is pretty mild compared to the AA boost.  I also doubt the parents education and SES comes into play much since the URM at the top schools (like much of the rest of the student body) are generally middle class and up.[/quote]

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