<p>"How would you like to "try" at Cornell to the tune of $43,000 a year and then flunk out after 2 years?</p>
<p>I attend Cornell and I absolutely hate the fact that among some people there is the perception that blacks here struggle more. What I hate even more is that it's true. At places where no extra help/guidance is given, URMs struggle much more. "</p>
<p>You are not citing any kind of research, just anecdotal-based opinion. However, if blacks struggle more, is it due to lack of preparation or some other difficulties?</p>
<p>Meanwhile, black students graduate at a higher rate at the top colleges than they do at lower ranked colleges. There is no evidence that this is due to lack of remedial, etc. services at the lower ranked colleges.</p>
<p>Research done by "The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education" found that: " Nearly 19 out of every 20 black students who enter the highly competitive academic environment of Harvard, Princeton, Haverford, and Amherst go on to earn their diplomas. Other academically demanding colleges do very well, although not as well as these four. </p>
<p>Sixteen other highly competitive colleges and universities turn in black student graduation rates of 85 percent or more. They are Wellesley College, Williams College, Brown University, Davidson College, Colgate University, Duke University, Northwestern University, Swarthmore College, Wesleyan University, Yale University, Georgetown University, Stanford University, Washington University, Dartmouth College, Columbia University, and the University of Virginia. " </p>
<p>At Macalester, Pomona, Mount Holyoke and Wash U, the black graduation rate was higher than the white graduation rate.</p>
<p>There is a big gap in the black graduation rate at Cornell: (80% for black students, 92% for white students), but that could be due to black students discomfort in being in an overwhelmingly white small town environment in the middle of nowhere.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.jbhe.com/features/45_student_grad_rates.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.jbhe.com/features/45_student_grad_rates.html</a></p>