Race and College Admissions

Applying to College
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<p>Hello everybody.</p>

<p>I am not here to start an affirmative action debate or anything because that is against CC rules, but I am here to just show my disgust towards the whole process.</p>

<p>I was reading previous threads on CC about how some people knew others who identified themselves as URMs, and the pseudo-URMs got into a high-ranking college. The comments section was peppered with hate towards those people who lied about their race. The people who commented said some very justifiable things about maintaining integrity, and lying about anything including race was morally wrong, but at the same time, those exact same people talked about how the person who got accepted will not fare well in college. Most of these people said that the person would not be able to succeed in college because he or she will not be able to meet up with the coursework. </p>

<p>But wait a second...... Assume a person who lied about being a URM were ACTUALLY a URM. According to these people, that person will fail in the college and probably drop out either way, right? Talk about double standard. </p>

<p>My question is: WHY?!?!! We are going to places for who we are and where we come from. What if I were from a dirt poor Asian family vs. a rich URM family? I can guarantee that the colleges would want the rich URM family because they want to put it down on paper that they have the infamous "diversity". </p>

<p>I am not against any race; I am just pointing out the different standards we have set for each other. Sure, one has to have certain stats in order to even be considered. It may sound to some like I am being rascist, but I am definitely not. I am being a realist. For example, I have relatively weak stats for top 20 colleges, but if I were to stick on a "URM" tag onto my application, I can assure you that I will get remarks saying that I am "a genuis". </p>

<p>Part of the problem for this is us. We just accept it. This is not only bad for ORMs, but URMs, too. ORMs are getting segregated and valued differently, while the URMs are being given what is simply pity points. I know that these overachievers do not want pity points, and I know that the ORMs want to be valued for what their worth, not their skin color, or familial ties. </p>

<p>We are long past the days where we need laws to regulate quotas for different-skin-colored people. Yes, there will be some racists, but there will be just as high a chance of those people hating URMs as ORMs. Something that we can do to actually fix this is promoting a nature of helping people who have low incomes. </p>

<p>TLDR: I don't like AA for colleges, and this is a rant, albeit a very logical rant.</p>

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<p>Try getting into top colleges being an average, white, American male. :-S :))</p>

<p>I’m not against having diversity in schools, and I am definitely not racist. I do think it is a bit awkward when schools make decisions based on race though. I mean, I can’t change who I am, or who my parents are. Why should my parentage have any bearing on my application whatsoever? </p>

<p>Let the /student/ show you how much they should be valued for admission, not the color of their skin.</p>

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<p>If such schools are trying to balance demographics, being white is probably helpful at many of those schools, since white students are often underrepresented. Also, being male is probably helpful at many of those schools, due to the surplus of women going to college. Of course, being average is not going to gain admission to any super-selective school, regardless of whether one has the demographics that the school wants.</p>

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<p>Any further posts should be in the pinned thread at the top of this forum.</p>