<p>I would love to hear how your children did in the admissions process.</p>
<p>Mary</p>
<p>No, but you have a lower-working class one right here. I kicked ass.</p>
<p>Congratulations!!! Where did you apply and where are you going?</p>
<p>No...but D attends public hs where close to 60% grad class is AA...Several accepted at Cal, UC Davis, UC Riverside, UC Irvine, Cal State East Bay, SF State and local cc.</p>
<p>my daughter was accepted early decision to Amherst College.</p>
<p>My d's ex-bf was accepted at UC Berkeley, Rice, and U of Chicago. He just finished his first year at a state university (one of the lower rated schools in the state). Before he left last summer I asked him why he chose that school. He said he knew he just wasn't ready to work that hard and he would probably transfer after a year or two. He is a very smart young man, but lazy (his words).</p>
<p>Well, he loves the school and is not transferring. It's hard for me to understand,in many respects, because my d did not get into her top two schools and he had many choices. On the other hand, it's important for a school to be the right fit for a student. I hope he keeps his grades up and gets into a great graduate school. It would be a shame if he wasted his potential. He's got a lot going for him.</p>
<p>sportmama - is your daughter Black? You said she didn't get into any of her top schools and I was wondering her profile. I know that there is a preference for Black males in a lot of schools. I know when my daughter was considering boarding schools for high school, one admissions director told me that middle-class Black girls were a dime a dozen but there was a special effort to attract Black male students. I've noticed from facebook that my duaghter's class at Amherst will have a sizeable number of Black female who are coming from top high schools in the country. I've not notice hardly any Black males -perhaps 2 or 3.</p>
<p>No, my daughter is white. From what I have been reading, there seems to be a preference for males over females in general. Most colleges seem to have a higher percentage of female students, so they especially want to attract bright male students. There are some exceptions, but that seems to be the trend.</p>
<p>There are a number of well educated African American posters on CC--some of the best posters in fact....I will let them identify themselves.</p>
<p>Well... I could post about a couple of my friends... one is going to Bentley College and also got into Northeastern University while the other is going to University of Rochester. Both are quite happy about where they're going next year :-)</p>
<p>IMPW, that's interesting about Amherst, do these girls seem to be from all over the US?</p>
<p>Thank you too cheers. In this case I am specifically seeking affluent black families who have sent kids to private schools for feedback.</p>
<p>Mary, I'm sorry if I should not have posted on this thread because I am not this young man's mother. I am just proud of someone who was very close to my daughter. We are often quick to post negatives or complaints about things and I just wanted to share something positive.</p>
<p>Post away sportsmama, all input is appreciated. Too bad about the boyfriend, hope he finds his wings.</p>
<p>' I am specifically seeking affluent black families who have sent kids to private schools for feedback'</p>
<p>I'm not sure we're afflent (although we are Physicians) and we are only beginning the process, but do you have a hypothesis you are working on? I've almost ruled out borrowing/paying for a private school, but "lurk" were looking for perspective.</p>
<p>I'm sorry I can't offer any useful anecdotes, seeing as I'm a student (junior) myself. But I'm black and upper middle class.</p>
<p>UCGradmary - our daughter is a product of private schools (pre-school through high school). Ten years in New York City and four years (high school) in southern California. In the summers she's gone to New England boarding schools (Northfield-Mount Herman (MA), Exeter (NH) for two summers and Choate (Connecticut). So, I can answer questions about both boarding and day schools.</p>
<p>Don't know whether we're affluent enough for you, but thanks to finaid, my kids have attended day schools (tip-top schs and lesser schs), boarding schs and elite publics.</p>
<p>so I'm guessing that the poster doesnt see lower class anything going to college? Was that a parent? Great example MOM.</p>
<p>Oh my, seems like I was misunderstood. I am looking for the stories of other families in our particular situation to help assess my daughter's chances. Her chances would most probably be better at the schools she's interested in if she were lower middle class bbecker.</p>
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<p>No, as we have stated on a number of posting your Dis going to be evaluated in context of the opportunities that she has been given and how well she took advantage of those opportunities. Are there going to be other blacks in the pool, yes. Are there going to be other blacks who share a similar background to your D? Overwhelming, yes. For your D the trick is going to be how will she stand out from the other affluent prep-school black kids who will also be applying?</p>
<p>Look at your D's unweighted GPA (because that is the one the college will look at because there is already an assumption that the student is taking the most rigerous courses). What's her passion? Is it music, art, dance, community service, etc? Has she been doing it for a sustained period of time taking along more responsibility along the way.</p>
<p>Have you visited with the GC at your D's school to see where student are admitted and ultimately attend? Have you had the opportunity to talk to the parents of your D's peers about their experience in the admissions process?</p>
<p>It is not about whether or not a person is richer or poorer other than schools love knowing they got a full freigh payer (so they will get a 2 fer). A low income student whose school has no AP's but is at the top of the class at his school is not going to be "penalized' because s/he has not had any AP classes. </p>
<p>By the same token, if your D school offers a full complement of AP classes, and she has only taken 1, then yes, it is going to be held against her as she is not taking the most rigerous courses offered to her. School will look at her test scores and say that they know she can do better but is not working up to her potential.</p>
<p>If a low income kid is working an after school job and pulling down a 3.9 gpa, and your daughter is not cutting pies and pulling in a 3.2, then yes, the low income student is going to be looked at more favorably (even though your D does come from an affluent background).</p>
<p>Can anyone really assess your chances when it comes to elite college admissions? If we really could with any certainty, I know I would be in a different profession. All you D can do is her. Present her best self, craft a list of schools using a bottoms up approach (A rolling admissions does take some of the pressure off you know that you have been admitted somewhere).</p>
<p>Does your D know what she wants? Large research university? Medium sized school? Small? Big city? Suburban? Rural? IS she looking for religious affiliation? Does she want a single sex school?</p>
<p>Like NYC, I don't know if I am affluent enough to answer your question. I am not affluent at all but I am not low income, I consider myself just regular people. However, as a black parent whose child went through the college process, my D (scores were comprable to your D's, NYC public magnet, no foreign travel but more extensive ECs, worked an afterschool and summer job through out high school and higher ranked) was accepted to every school she applied to (wasn't remotely interested in the ones you mentioned so I can't access that) and is now a happy rising senior at Dartmouth (where people don't care if you've got $2 or $2 billion). After all has been said and done, all your D can do is put her best self out there and let the process play it self out.</p>