<p>Just how much does ones racial status count during the college admissions process????</p>
<p>It counts for quite a bit if you are African American, Hispanic or Native American. The elite colleges want to have diversity on campus. There are many, many threads on CC discussing affirmative action and just how MUCH racial status helps a person. I REALLY hope that this thread isn't going to turn into another of them!!!!</p>
<p>Just to answer this one post without going into the whole affirmative action discussion, being a URM (under-represented minority) will help you as much as being a legacy or a recruited athlete. If you are considering one of the top colleges such as Harvard, Yale or Princeton, then I would caution that nobody is ever a guarantee at those schools no matter what race or what their SAT scores are.</p>
<p>i dont think it will become one, por que its title isnt very catchy.</p>
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<p>it helps about as much as 75 junior bacon cheeseburgers.</p>
<p>funny^^^^^^</p>
<p>Don't ever depend on getting accepted because of your race or religion.</p>
<p>yeah, i put down zoroastrian mexican.</p>
<p>didnt not get nothing.</p>
<p>One should go into this process with the thought that race will not assume a factor in ones acceptance. If you are Black/Latino/American Indian, then you should do your best to form a solid application package as a human being--not as a "URM." As Blacks/Latinos/American Indians, we should do our very best to exceed expectations. Affirmative action is only a reminder of the racial ills that have plagued this country since its inception. One should also know however, that in this country Race matters. "29% of Black males and 46% of Latino males over the age of 25 have not completed high school." I will not continue because I don't want this to sound dogmatic, but please think about WHY this statistic exists.</p>
<p>Quoting MaryCeleste</p>
<p>"Please don't feed the trolls. </p>
<p>Someone keeps registering on CC under various new names in order to start race-baiting threads designed to get everyone riled up. The last such attempts were requests for feedback on outlandishly goofy essays, all employing the same style of writing as "IamBlack". As you can see by clicking on the OP's name, this is the only thread that he/she/they has posted under using this current handle."</p>
<p>You should go to IamBlack and I want Ivies to see what I'm talking about. These people prbly hate affirmative action and are trying to create an image of URMs as people who don't work hard and take advantage of the system. WHICH IS NOT TRUE.</p>
<p>Nevermind, already posted</p>
<p>venus:
Possibly, but the title of the thread is not oriented towards starting up another affirmative action debate. High school juniors may be getting onto CC at this time of year.</p>
<p>Also, I think the term "race-baiting" is a bit strong. People do honestly have concerns about affirmative action.</p>
<p>The fact that these people exist though is just sad. My naive self was destroyed after the IamBlack thread. I'm starting to get suspicious of ALOT of the stuff I'm reading on this website.</p>
<p>However I still support affirmative action</p>
<p>I did not start this thread to get anybody riled up about affirmative action. I'm just a high school student who wantes to know how much ones racial status really counts for, for being admitted into a college.</p>
<p>Venus your opinions about are quite saddening.</p>
<p>Just for the record I am a black female who doesn't support affirmative action. I'd like to think that I can be accepted into a college due to my stats and not my race or religion.
but, I truly am curious about how much it counts for.</p>
<p>The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education will often have interesting articles:
http:<a href="http://www.jbhe.com%5B/url%5D">www.jbhe.com</a>
I think it is fair to say that it comes down to SAT scores.</p>