<p>The political answer is that poor students do not recieve (or as much) preference as other preferred groups.</p>
<p>It's all beyond me how "diversity" makes me a better student (Cornell seems the most zealous in its adherence to multiculturalism of the Ivies). And where did these schools "commit" to educating the poor?</p>
<p>What is 'small?' And (I am probably wrong) but does that make sense to say "except for these two, then the other 6 plus the excepted 2 have ...." Shouldn't it be "Except for Cornell and Columbia, the Ivy League colleges..." And "Top universities such as many in the Ivy League" sounds terribly clunky, if not syntactically wrong.</p>
<p>"Over the past 60 years America's Ivy League universities have enjoyed a reputation for a strong commitment to admitting students from all racial, social, and income classes." I guess Jews don't count as a social class. The article obliquely implies that black=poor, so if you have policies that prefer blacks, then you are admitting the poor too, but then later contradicts that notion with a quote.</p>
<p>Ivy average: 12.5%
Liberal Arts College average: 19.4%</p>