Schools that like minorities?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hey fellow CCers, I have one question about colleges and minorities. Are there any schools that really give an upper-hand to minorities/hispanics? Like, for example, racial/ethnic status being a semi-important/important part of admissions? I think I heard something that UNC factors the minority card into their decisions, but that school's out of my reach--but anyway, my stats are below if you want to refer to anything.</p>

<p>Hispanic male from a public school in NY state.
GPA- 89.8uw
SAT- 470 CR, 550 M, 620 W -screwed up, I feel that I got much better scores on yesterday's SATs; also taking in Nov.
AP- 3- English Lang.
AP- 2- USH
Freshman and Sophomore years: 6 honors classes combined
Junior year classes:
- AP Humanities USH
- AP Humanities English
- IB TOK
Senior year classes:
- IB TOK
- IB Spanish
- IB English</p>

<p>school activities:
JV Indoor Track
Freshman Baseball
JV Volleyball
Sports Challenge Club
Gifted and Talented
Features Editor of School Newspaper
International Baccalaureate Program</p>

<p>honors and awards:
Olde English F Award
Spanish National Honor Society
Dimension Literary Magazine</p>

<p>out-of-school activities:
Little League Baseball
Guitar Lessons- 2 years
Writers & Books Camp
Camp College Prep
Camp Cory
Marketing lessons from Rochester Red Wings (Minor League Baseball Affiliate of the Minnesota Twins)
I also went to Peru to work on IB paper</p>

<p>volunteer experience:
Work at Empire State Games
Work at Food Link
Other volunteering</p>

<p>paid work experience:
Little League Baseball Umpire</p>

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Are there any schools that really give an upper-hand to minorities/hispanics? Like, for example, racial/ethnic status being a semi-important/important part of admissions?

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<p>Exactly what do you mean by "schools that like minorities" and "upper-hand"?</p>

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<p>st. johns in queens is very diverse</p>

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<p>sorry, I did a poor job at wording things in my previous post. I meant are there any schools that give minorities a leg-up on the admissions process. When I visit the collegeboard website I always look and see that for the schools I look at, racial/ethnic status is only considered. Which colleges is it listed as important or very important?</p>

<p>And thanks King, I'll have to look into St. Johns</p>

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<p>temple is verrrry diverse</p>

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<p>do you mean schools that are already diverse or schools that are actively seeking to increase diversity?</p>

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<p>practically all schools want hispanics and you will get a significant boost in your probability of admissions pretty much anywhere.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I mean schools that are actively seeking to increase diversity. Also thanks for the responses.</p>

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<p>Yeah, pretty much every school outside of Cali is looking to boost its Hispanic percentage, you will most certainly get a boost anywhere you apply outside of CA.</p>

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<p>I agree, also CUNY Hunter is a very diverse school.</p>

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<p>Most colleges are interested in increasing the number of Hispanic students that attend. Exceptions are some state schools such as in California and Michigan where laws have been passed that restrict the use of race or ethnicity for admissions. On the other hand, rural LAC's in particular are looking for diversity since their location oftem makes them unattractive to minority students.</p>

<p>Be aware that while schools may give a URM a tip, it is not likely to make up for major deficiencies in your record. The exception might be if you show that you have dealt with extremely difficult challenges in attaining an education.</p>

<p>Please use the search function on this forum as the subject of URMs and admissions as been discussed ad nauseam.</p>

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<p>yes, all of them.</p>

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<p>Try Wake Forset. They're desperately trying to diversify.</p>