<p>Its no secret that W&L is a predominantly white college, but many people on here think that they are trying to recruit more minorities to diversity their campus. This is FALSE!
according to their OWN factbook, minorities accounted for 51.5% of the applicant pool and only 16.6% of accepted students in 2012. This means that many minorites apply, but they are getting rejected at a much higher rate than white students. white students were accepted at a rate of 24.3%, while af. ams. were accepted at a rate of 8.5%!!!!! Some people might assume that the minorities who applied were unqualified and were rejected because of this, but Asians were accepted at a rate of 10.7%, and they are very likely more academically qualified than most white students who gained acceptance (just using statistics here people, no offense intended)
Any thoughts on this?? Here is the link to the factbook. info is on Page 56
<a href="http://www2.wlu.edu/Documents/institutional_effectiveness/Fact%20Book/Fact%20Book%202012-13%20Small%20File%20Size.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www2.wlu.edu/Documents/institutional_effectiveness/Fact%20Book/Fact%20Book%202012-13%20Small%20File%20Size.pdf</a></p>
<p>wlpoppa, you obviously have some deep connnection to W&L and you are incredibly biased. I have presented numerous pieces of evidence and you have provided zero evidence for any of your claims, you just cant stand seeing W&L being presented in a negative light. The funny thing is, W&L releases this data themselves when they are not even required to disclose it.
No I have not called admissions, because I already know what the outcome will be. Somehow I doubt anyone will say “yes we are biased against minority applicants and accept white applicants at 305% the minority rate”. I kinda doubt the admissions staff is interested in losing their jobs/facing a lawsuit.</p>