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<p>I didn’t read the rest of the thread, but I highly doubt favorable economic circumstances nulify the URM advantage. Private colleges everywhere face the political pressure to admit a certain percentage of minority students into the student body—> minority students who have overcome economic hardships are perhaps more readily admitted than those growing up in a wealthy environment but have the same degree of academic and extracurricular achievement, but between, say, a white applicant and an minority applicant of the same background and qualifications, wouldn’t you think that being URM alone would bring somewhat of an advantage?</p>