By: A.L.
Wow! NYT is getting some major heat for focusing on high-achieving students. Frankly, I find these kids’ stories interesting and exciting. This group appears to be ethnically, socioeconomically and...
View ArticleBy: Wishing4aMiracle
Mr. Lemos,I couldn’t agree with you more. I entered college in 1980. My first year was extremely affordable. After, the Reagan was sworn into office, I had to take out student loans and had to divide...
View ArticleBy: Wishing4aMiracle
To #55, HOW DARE YOU INSINUATE THAT THE TWO STUDENTS OF BROWN PIGMENTATION HAVE ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS LESS THAN THAT OF THE OTHER FOUR STUDENTS. Elite schools do not lower their standards for ANYONE. My...
View ArticleBy: 2010hsgrad
@Wishing4aMiracleWhile I do agree that the top educational institutions do not lower their standards for URMs per se, I still believe that it may be easier for outstanding URM candidates (than say...
View ArticleBy: A 2010 Senior
Wishing4aMiracle, I can’t begin to tell you how wrong you are.Sure your son is accomplished, but there were MORE accomplished students of Asian/Indian descent who were turned down at the very schools...
View ArticleBy: Jaime S.
So it’s 4/4, and we’re waiting to hear back from the last 2 colleges but, we’re not holding our breath. Out of 12 applications, my daughter got 3 acceptances (2 were safeties), 2 waitlists, and 6...
View ArticleBy: John Carey
Isn’t it odd how the only student who “succeeded” in this admissions process is also the only one who goes to a private college preparatory school? What does that say about the privileged inequity that...
View ArticleBy: SAMS
Thank you to 2010hsgrad and 2010 Senior for your comments.Wishing4aMiracle, you are SO mistaken. Having gone through the admissions process for both elite colleges and then elite medical schools, I...
View ArticleBy: lagunawriter
i’m not expert on college admissions, but i believe in the power of the “right fit,” when applying to colleges and universities. as the parent of a daughter who just finished her first year in college,...
View ArticleBy: Courtney SA
I am sick of seeing a majority of male white faces and “token” minorities. Represent first-generation, undocumented, low-income students from DIVERSE backgrounds. How about someone who is biracial?...
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