<p>No. There’s seems to be a misconception on CC that if you’re Black or Hispanic you’ll get a strong pull because of that, but in reality it only helps a little. It’s just another tiny factor that they consider, like legacy or socioeconomic status.</p>
<p>Let’s please not get into this minority/affirmative action shpeal. Columbia University, as much as other ivy leagues such as Harvard, Yale, Brown etc, seeks to create an interesting, diverse student body. So don’t go saying that URMs can be underqualified, or that Columbia “loves” admitting blacks and Hispanics. Columbia loves admitting blacks and Hispanics as much as any other elite school in the country does.</p>
<p>If you’re white or asian, don’t claim that you didn’t get a likely because of your race. The OP is asian, and doesn’t have OUTSTANDING stats to be honest (no offense pigs), and a handful of other receivers of likelies are asian and white. Go back through the thread and look.</p>
<p>No it helps A LOT.</p>
<p>A white or asian with a score of less than 2000 would almost never get in unless he or she has some siginificant hook.</p>
<p>A Black, Hispanic, or Native American has a significantly higher chance of getting with a score of that caliber.</p>
<p>It’s called Affirmative Action and it indeed does help a lot.</p>
<p>Calm down, you are angry because you didn’t receive a likely letter. You’re scapegoating and blaming it on your race. The fact is that you simply did not receive one because Columbia decided not to give one out to you.</p>
<p>when, and IF you get into an elite school, you will never have a grudge against URMs again</p>
<p>I didn’t even apply lol.</p>
<p>I’m applying next year ED SEAS XD</p>
<p>Thanks for misleading.</p>
<p>I’m white…</p>
<p>I love all human beings. no homo lol.</p>
<p>I’m just stating something which I’ve been told by a lot of people. lol</p>
<p>^Yes to iCalculus.</p>
<p>Colleges aren’t going to give you a likely letter simply because of your race. They will give you a likely letter if you have very strong academics and extracurriculars. Please don’t go around saying that race “plays a MAJOR role in admissions” because that creates unreal expectations. Black and Hispanic students need high GPA and SAT scores to get into top colleges just like everyone else, and they are not any less worthy of being accepted to a prestigious university like Columbia. If you do end up attending one of these top schools, you will find that all of your peers are amazing in someway, and you can learn something from each and everyone of them, so don’t look down upon them just because you think they only got admitted because of their race.</p>
<p>Alright, Alright I get it lol.</p>
<p>It is a lower standard, I agree with you on this, but its legal…Bakke v UC-Davis confirmed this. When you think about it, races are represented in higher level colleges about proportionally to their percentage of the U.S. population. Which sounds about right, can you agree with this?</p>
<p>“I’m just stating something which I’ve been told by a lot of people. lol”</p>
<p>That doesn’t mean it’s true. LOL.</p>
<p>The helpfulness of Affirmative Action in college admissions has always been exaggerated. Like I said before, it only helps a little, just like legacy. It’s listed as an “considered” factor, not a “very important” factor.</p>
<p>Ok lol ^ </p>
<p>I get it. XD</p>
<p>^^When you’re competing against tens of thousands of other applicants, ANY factor at all that sets you apart from your peers helps greatly. There’s no use denying that given 10 Asians/whites with similar stats, and a URM with the same or slightly lower stats, the URM will get in. I’m not going to argue if this is a fair or unfair practice, but it certainly does exist. Race plays a noticeable role in admissions.</p>
<p>There’s also a thing called “character” that many CCers don’t seem to acknowledge when it comes to acceptances. </p>
<p>I think that, no matter whether you’re black, white, Asian, anything, chances are high the kid that really fights for what he/she wants in life will be admitted over a kid that had everything handed to him/her. 'nuff said.</p>
<p>Okay I’m tired of talking about AA on CC, but for this who still think that being a URM only gives a teeny edge!!! Last year a Native American girl from my school applied to almost every top 15 school. She had a SAT less than 2100 and very mediocre ECs and GPA but on April 1st she was accepted to every single school she applied to, which included HYPSM Penn, Columbia, Brown, and Amherst. While the valedictorian and many more qualified students at my school were flatout rejected from every single one of those schools. Honestly for those of you who don’t think AA helps a LOT, are just kidding yourselves. I’m not going to start an AA arguement.</p>
<p>Werd ^ 10 char</p>
<p>She was Native American. Had she been Black or Hispanic, I highly doubt that would have happened.</p>
<p>blacks, hispanic, native american whatever. its basically a free 2-300 points on your SATs, a .5 in your GPA, gives you disadvantaged background cause u are from the ghetto, and you are a leader because there are so few of you.</p>
<p>Skittled, that’s a bit harsh… but I do agree, AA plays a bigger role than some think.</p>