<p>You said yourself she was fully qualified. Or were you not really qualified either? No two applicants are ever alike. You don’t know what her letters of recommendation were like, her essays, her EC’s perhaps. URM may or may not play a role for her, you just don’t know. If they were seeking more qualified black students this year then that could have been a plus factor for her, lucky her. It is ugly that you take it as something against you.</p>
<p>How is it that you have denial to a bunch of Ivies already?</p>