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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Match stats, URM and full pay. There are admissions books which basically say such applicants are a golden goose, with admissions reps literally giddy when they come across them.[/quote]

+100 DCs good friend was this. They got into 5 Ivies. [/quote]

Ivies are need blind and some not very diverse.  At admitted students day, mine was surprised by lack or URM presence (confirmed by current URM student) and high percentage of elite private school white/Asian kids in her admitted students group.[/quote]

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  But all of these elite schools have been posting big numbers of URM in their incoming classes.  I guess because your kid could not 'visually' identify the ones that checked that box, perhaps some weren't so honest.[/quote]

Or it could be that URM presence was lower than the “elite private school white/Asian” presence bc many (no, not all) URMs lack resources and parent time off to be able to travel to an admitted students day, while the elite private school families mentioned would be far more likely to be able to attend. I certainly wouldn’t take the lower URM presence to indicate that white students lied about their race. [/quote]

I am the poster who observed.  This could be true. But, the campus as a whole did not seem diverse either,  and the students we spoke with confirmed.  But, the numbers don't indicate that this school is diverse if you look carefully. So, I don't think people are lying either. I was just observing and noting that dome people on this board make sweeping generalizations without any experience. [/quote]

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