<p>How much do you think that Affirmitive Action has in acceptance of Hispanics and Blacks. Do you think that Blacks and Hispanics are simply just competing with each other to fill in that 9 and 12 percent of the population that the colleges need. Do you think that Hispanics and Blacks are put into a different pool as Whites and Asians?</p>
<p>Also what is up with all of these College applications and forms having their very first question be "Are you Hispanic or Latino?" In todays day, do you think that colleges are looking more for Blacks or Latinos. Also is there really such thing as Minority recruiters, that instead of recruiting an athlete for the university, they'll recruit a minority?</p>
<p>I didn't mean to offend anyone by this post. I just want to stir up discussions and have people share their opinions, beliefs, facts, and stories.</p>
Some top colleges have recruitment offices for athletes, legacies, minorities, and poor students. However, athlete and legacy recruiting programs are different (and much stronger) than the others.</p>
<p>URMs are absolutely put in a different pool. If they were not, elite colleges would not meet their quotas. Go to the decisions thread for any elite university; the difference between your average accepted white/asian and URM is pretty significant and immediately apparent.</p>
<p>Are there URMs who are just as qualified as the average white/asian accepted student? Of course. But there just aren’t enough to go around. Colleges NEED these students. They battle other elite colleges to win these students over. Likely letters often go to URMs to increase the chances that they’ll enroll. It’s not uncommon to see URMs offered all-expenses paid college visits and such.</p>
<p>^overall true; however, first of all colleges don’t have quotas (it’s illegal to have strict numbers), though applicants might be put into a different pool. also, at the most elite institutions, the URMs who are let in are all completely qualified to attend, they just have a bit of a better chance when it comes down to the point where getting in is basically luck. obviously these trends vary between colleges and some put more emphasis on recruiting URMs than others, but overall they have an advantage, but they still tend to be just as qualified, just a little less likely to be rejected for a trivial reason.</p>
<p>They don’t have quotas by the books (unconstitutional), but they must have “goals” for numbers behind the scenes. URMs are called URMS because they are underrepresented. There is an exact number they would have to reach to be equally represented. Elite schools must know what number they are aiming for. I’d imagine it’s a delicate balance for them between representing the minorities and maintaining their overall academic stats/income.</p>
<p>There aren’t official quotas for the top privates but one must assume unofficial ones are in place – that’s why the subgroup admit numbers (URM, Internationals, athletes, men/women) remain consistent year after year…</p>