<p>I hate when ppl get mad about others being URM. URM students arent just given acceptance, they have to work for it, even harder I might argue than ppl of a higher class. They do not get handed anything and have a lack of resources...thats why its called URM!</p>
<p>The way I see it, private colleges have the right to decide the makeup of their student body. They may place a value on diversity if they desire to. It is up to individual colleges to decide what they value and appreciate. Some students get into college with a less-than-stellar GPA, though they had amazing EC's. Was this student under-qualified? It is not for us to decide. Students are more than just grades and test scores; they are complete packages. Colleges weigh these packages for characteristics they feel are valuable. If diversity is something they value, so be it. Colleges admit students they feel will contribute the most to their environment, in more than academic ways.</p>
<p>i feel a little bit bad
actually really bad when i walk into my eco class full of high achieving sobs
the two ppl admitted to columbia in my eco class are the two of the only three people actually in that AP class.
ppl look at me and think, "im in multivariable calc, im president of so and so, im have a 4.3 weighted gpa how in the HELL does this person get in"
im not going to say luck of the draw, but i think being a URM helped more than a tad. ill get over it eventually when i get over the nasty stares and the whisperings behind my back.
how quickly people turn when you get something they want...</p>
<p>At my school, MANY kids with great stats were rejected from good schools to which an African American was accepted. His stats were very mediocre and both of his parents are doctors. I think advantages should be given on an economic basis rather than by race - a white person who is very poor with uneducated parents has such a disadvantage over a rich URM.</p>
<p>Where'd the OP go? I wonder if he/she got rejected after jinxing him/herself on this thread.</p>
<p>Thats crap rkutzer. Mediocre stats, fine. But what about his essays, extracurricular activities, recommendations, and dozens of other little factors that played in both his admissions and the other kids rejection. If it was a white kid that got in despite their mediocre stat, it would be just another strike in the oddity of admissions, but because's he's a URM its immediately his ethnicity that decided the entire thing. Urgh.</p>