Diversity Weekends

Applying to College
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<p>Does attending a diversity weekend at a prestigious University improve your chances of getting admitted? Do other schools look at it? Do you even put that on the Common Ap?</p>

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<p>“Do other schools look at it?” No. If you’re a candidate for one school’s Diversity weekend, your metrics will already speak for themselves and it’ll be obvious to them that you’re a coveted applicant. It’s not an “honor” per se. Leave it off.</p>

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<p>Diversity weekends matter to that individual school not others, and should not be reported on the CA.</p>

<p>Diversity weekends differ in their selectivity and therefore their impact on admissions to that school.</p>

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<p>I thought diversity weekends are for students already admitted and to hook them in? Or are there 2 different diversity weekends (for applicants and for admitted students)? Or I guess it just depends on the college.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the feedback!</p>

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<p>@cortana431 Diversity weekends are held for both Admitted and prospective students.</p>

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<p>Most diversity weekends are aimed at prospective students:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/770660-fall-diversity-visit-programs-compilation.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/770660-fall-diversity-visit-programs-compilation.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Some schools help with travel costs for URMs to visit during regular accepted student days; and likely some have diversity programs for accepted students as well (I don’t know of any personally, although Rice’s was close, but DeD must).</p>

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<p>If you’re rejected from a school’s diversity program, will that hurt your overall chances for admission?</p>

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<p>“If you’re rejected from a school’s diversity program” </p>

<p>LOL: Most people don’t attend diversity weekends. They are recruiting events aimed at coveted prospective applicants. And even for invitees, they aren’t guarantees to admission per se. </p>

<p>You might not be invited because you’re not on their radar for some reason. Not being invited is not necessarily any indication of future success.</p>

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<p>It doesn’t hurt. You should apply and see if you get in. If you go, it is a great experience to see the school beyond if you had just done a campus tour. You get to meet actual students and see if the school is worth applying to for you.</p>

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<p>Decided not to go- I don’t want to go to that school & I don’t want to take a spot from someone else. My parents aren’t thrilled.</p>