Hispanic Admit Rate

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>Does anyone know how many hispanics applied to Yale and how many got in?</p>

<p>Any information will be useful.
Thank you</p>

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<p>i’d like to know this too, especially for “half-hispanics” or even “quarter-hispanics.”</p>

<p>does anyone know if the above still count as “hispanics”? what if they were “half-spanish” or “quarter-spanish”?</p>

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<p>Too high. All I’m going to say.</p>

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<p>Ethnicity for college admissions purposes is via self-identification, there is no % threshold (although there is for various Hispanic programs and scholarships), see this thread:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/hispanic-students/641650-hispanic-latino-defined-aka-am-i-hispanic.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/hispanic-students/641650-hispanic-latino-defined-aka-am-i-hispanic.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Please see the Hispanic Students forum for more information.</p>

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<p>???</p>

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<p>dillbilly123: That probably came across wrong. What I implied was that Hispanic applicants receive a boost from de-facto affirmative action when they apply to top schools such as Yale.</p>

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<p>I think that we all knew what you meant. It was just inappropriate of you to bring it up in this thread.</p>

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<p>silverturtle: Since when is it inappropriate to mention relevant information? I apologize if my post caused any hurt feelings on your part.</p>

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<p>Why are your feelings of the inequities of admissions policies relevant to the OP’s interest in knowing the number of Hispanic applicants and admits?</p>

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<p>Actually, Ivan, you presented no “relevant information”. You presented an unsubstantiated claim.</p>

<p>In a 2000 study linked to another pertinent thread, it was found that Black Harvard applicants got a 5% boost in admissions. (1) This was back when admissions rates at Harvard were 11+ %. (2) Hispanics actually get a smaller boost than blacks. (3) Another 1999 study on the subject found that the URM boost was actually steadily declining. Given these three considerations, I surmise that the Hispanic URM boost does not exceed 2% (which makes for a 8-10% admit rate).</p>