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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I never met admissions officers.  Why would college students meet admissions officers in person?[/quote]

Because the admissions officers like it and do it on person.  For example, it is a big deal on admitted students day as they try to get them to choose their school.  Why is this so hard to understand?  And why wont someone call an admissions office and ask them?

You really think admissions officers dont give a damn about the kids they admit?[/quote]

Why call when you can speak from experience. Just give it up lady. Has it ever happened? Yes. Does it happen routinely? Probably not.[/quote]

If by "not routinely" you mean "at every accepted students day at most colleges" then yeah.

Oh and that's even before they enroll.

Oh and every other administrative person can see their file.  They meet more than adcoms.

But here is the fundamental point - because I have allowed you to gish-gallop right past it:

[b]The cheating you are accusing people of [u]does not happen[/u] successfully in any significant quantity which would affect your rejection.[/b]

There.  Now we can get back to arguing about who meets who if you prefer that.[/quote]

My kis is at Yale and this PP is correct. They have ways if figuring this stuff out. And the adcom for our region met with every admitted student from my DCs high school. Adcomms love meeting the students they admit and yes they do walk around campus.

I think people are missing the broader point. Race in America is a social construct, a hierarchy of human value. None of the top schools are looking fir you to check a box, but illustrate how your race or ethnicity has informed your world view and perspective. A white person that checks Hispanic because they have a grandmother from Spain but has not experienced day-to-day what it means to be Hispanic in this country doesn't bring anything to the table.

Also someone with North African ancestry checking African American is faulty as well. African American designated is meant for decendants of slaves in America. If you don't have that price then you shouldn't be checking that box. And as fir Black people that look white, well rape in slavery you know???

You're stupid if you think just checking a box matters for the top schools. [/quote]

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