<p>^and one of those concerns (that colleges have) is that it can still significantly exclude racial minorities, because in terms of absolute numbers, there are more whites in poverty than blacks, for example. (Or at least, there were still as of a few years ago.) That's of course because of the greater Caucasian population. And while there are southeast Asians here in poverty, too, (a URM group) there are also newly immigrated East Asians living in relative poverty, compared to the less recently immigrated. (a non-URM group) So relying on SES factors could result in applications still heavily skewed toward whites & East Asians, with only slightly more of those from poverty than is true now. So while race and class do intersect, there are also separate reasons for considering each on its own in college admissions.</p>