<p>so if i'm black & female & not poor, i have a certain chance of getting in?</p>
<p>i'm not as likely to get in as someone who's a rich white male legacy of the school or someone who's a poor black male?</p>
<p>someone explain please?</p>
<p>colleges look for diversity... so that means that one black person is as good as the next, no matter the financial situation.</p>
<p>almost like how a poor person is a poor person is a poor person.</p>
<p>financial status is not explicitly considered in admissions ("need-blind" admissions), but race and gender are</p>
<p>^
If you do Questbridge, or get a fee-waiver, you're most likely poor and they'll see that, and it could change how they view your application quite a bit.</p>
<p>^ do you mean if i'm poor, i have a better chance of getting in?</p>
<p>lets put it this way: a poor african american who scored 1200/2400 on the sat's with a 2.0 gpa does not have a better chance than a 2000 3.5 rich asian...</p>
<p>if you have taken advantage of the opportunities given to you and excelled in school despite your socioeconomic handicap, then you would have a better chance of getting in than if you had the same accomplishments with better socioeconomic circumstances</p>
<p>simply put yes. race matters. good for you. bad for me. oh well thats life.
i wudnt change myself to get into a college. <em>just maybe a lil bit for upenn</em>...unh actually no.</p>