"At the Elite Colleges--Dim White Kids" (Boston Globe)

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<p>CC participant marite first posted this link on the Parents Forum. </p>

<p><a href="http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/09/28/at_the_elite_colleges___dim_white_kids/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/09/28/at_the_elite_colleges___dim_white_kids/&lt;/a> </p>

<p>I think it raises interesting questions about how college admission really works. </p>

<p>"Researchers with access to closely guarded college admissions data have found that, on the whole, about 15 percent of freshmen enrolled at America's highly selective colleges are white teens who failed to meet their institutions' minimum admissions standards."</p>