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Stats don't tell the whole story either: there are many fewer blacks in the applicant pool than whites, so a number like 46% admission often reflects the lengths that the college has to go to in order to maintain only the 8% representation they have in the overall student body.
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<p>Exactly, Well said Calmom!!</p>
<p>It is easy to throw out stats and say that blacks are admitted at a higher rate (and it is probably true, but take a moment to look at the real numbers behind the stats)</p>
<p>Princeton- 16,510 applicants, 116 blacks enrolled (9.4%) of the freshman class</p>
<p>Harvard 22,796 applicants 221 blacks accepted 153 blacks enrolled (9.3%)</p>
<p>Yale 19,451 applicants 1134 black applicants (5.83%) 122 enrolled (9.2%)</p>
<p>Columbia 18,125 applicants 1390 black applicants 114 blacks enrolled 8.5% </p>
<p>Dartmouth 12,756 applicants, 82 blacks (7.6%) enrolled (7.6%) of the class.</p>
<p>Penn 18,824 applicants 1229 black applicants (6.5%) 367 blacks admitted (~30%) 193 enrolled (7.6%) of the class</p>
<p>Brown 16,911 applicants 1089- black applicants (6.4%) 253 blacks admitted (23.23) 97 enrolled (6.6%) of the class.</p>
<p>Cornell 24,452 applicants 1126 (4.6%) black applicants 410 (36.4%) blacks admitted 175 (5.2%) enrolled</p>
<p>Even looking at recruited athletes in it is an overwhelmingly large # of white athletes that are being admitted especially outside of Football/basketball, track for sports where you will need some $$ to participate- (ex. Crew, water polo, Lax, skiing, hockey). Even for football and basketball, the Ivies are really not major powerhouses in those sports (you would be hard pressed to find a black athlete recruited for basketball at Duke or UConn turning them down for a chance to play at Dartmouth/Harvard). This combined with the fact that the Ivies offer no athletic scholarships, you will not have a large # of minority athletes running to play for these schools.</p>