<p>I can't stand this anyone. Does being privileged in any way indicate a lower aptitude for achieving in college?!</p>
<p>No…</p>
<p>Want to give us some context to what you’re talking about? Because if you’re talking about being rich holding you back in college admissions you’re totally being disillusioned…having money is a big plus for most colleges because you won’t need financial aid. It’s an advantage.</p>
<p>Don’t complain about being privileged, most of us aren’t as lucky.</p>
<p>If, as raelah saide, you are talking about college admissions, you won’t be penalized. Colleges just don’t like EC’s that you were only able to accomplish b/c of mummy or daddy’s cash. Also, high SAT scores don’t impress quite as much.</p>
<p>High SAT scores are actually very important, regardless of what Universities say about their impact on admissions.</p>
<p>Being privileged =
- having money to spend on SAT courses so high SAT scores aren’t as impressive
- not having to get a job so more time to do ECs
- having money to spend on tutors so high grades are expected/not as impressive
- being spoiled and having everything handed to you on a silver platter/never having to work for anything
- having money to spend on private lessons in sports and music
- having connections to mommy’s/daddy’s work place so if one DID work, the work is easily attained/not as impressive
- Etc…</p>
<p>But I’m not an admissions officer so this is just my guess. But being privileged in any way definitely does NOT indicate a lower aptitude for achieving in college. In the end, it all comes down to the individual and his/her personal success will have little to do with money, in most cases.</p>
<p>if you mean by privileged that you have tons of dough it’s a tremendous advantage and you will be honored and respected by 90% of the colleges in America. Congrats</p>
<p>I agree with keikoblue2. I think people with money are less respected in the admissions process than someone from a low socioeconomic class, for the obvious reason that they had far fewer obstacles to overcome.</p>
<p>People with money have an inherent advantage in every single part of college admissions, except the two sections about race and income.</p>
<p>You took an SAT prep class? Some people can’t afford that. You got glowing letters of recommendation? Some people don’t have teachers who will do that. You studied for 3 hours every day? Some people can’t do that because they have to work. You have a guidance counselor who helped you through applications? Some people’s counselors have to focus on getting students to graduate from high school.</p>
<p>So really? Too bad for you.</p>
<p>"So really? Too bad for you. "</p>
<p>don’t be so nasty. our parents’ income is something we have no control over. it’s not my fault that my parents have worked hard to give me the life i have. not every rich kid takes SAT prep classes, even if you are privileged you may still choose to/have to work, and not everyone has a guidance counselor who helped them through applications. i consider my family well off and i won’t be applying for financial aid, but i didn’t take an SAT prep class, i do work in addition to extracurriculars, and my guidance counselor has not helped me throughout this process. and to be honest i think if you’re a good enough student and can make your teacher like you, they’ll write you a letter of recommendation even if you go to a bad high school. not all teachers at lower high schools are bad teachers. don’t be so quick to assume and generalize.</p>
<p>You’re missing the point. Have you ever HAD to not study for a test so you can make money to eat? Are classes at your school constantly disrupted (“oh some people were texting” does not count)? Do your friends and family tell you about how education is useless and you just shouldn’t try in school?</p>
<p>Of course you can’t control your parents’ income. But that doesn’t matter, because the mere fact that they have a lot of money gives you advantages. Is it so hard to believe that poorer people have worse opportunities?</p>
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<p>Yes, but for many of us we have completely incompetent counselors and teachers, and there’s not much we can do about that. The biggest advantage comes in with the area you live in and the people you are around. Your parents are more educated, so you have a disposition to becoming more intelligent based on their parenting methods and the education system in your area. Many rich parents will send their children to private or just-as-good public schools. Your peers and parents expect you to do well and have an eye on college admissions. Why shouldn’t a college take a chance on someone who worked harder than the average privileged-kid who falls just a little short and allow someone to move up the social ladder. There aren’t as many qualified underprivileged kids as we probably think…My complaint is race-based advantage as opposed to social-economic consideration.</p>
<p>Race based advantage is a common complaint on CC. Outside of a small number of kids going to the top or close to top colleges it barely exists. College access is determined largely by wealth/background. The vast majority of black kids gain no advantage from race.
It’s great to be wealthy, whether you’re black, white or red, white and blue.</p>
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Guess what? You’re on CC, where the focal point of almost all discussions are top colleges.</p>
<p>it’s not your fault, but don’t whine about it, geez. o_O</p>
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<p>I think that we would all “like” to agree with keikoblue2. But I think that in the end, the fact remains: money talks. And even though high test scores etc. would seem less impressive to us, unversities, at the end of the day, see the money and would at the very least, not hurt him in his admissions. In fact, I would almost say he has a better chance.</p>
<p>Did the OP ever come back to reveal what his concern is?</p>
<p>Are classes at your school constantly disrupted?</p>
<p>haha in fact, they are. my school has had multiple evacuations due to bomb threats and fake bombs and Columbine threats/school shooting threats. </p>
<p>it’s not your fault, but don’t whine about it</p>
<p>not whining - merely responding to amarkov’s whining</p>
<p>Bottom line…no, being privileged will not hurt you one bit. There are many assumptions and stereotypes in this thread. We are a low income family; just my husband worked while our children were growing up so one of us could be with them full-time. We sacrificed to still give them expensive lessons and even prep school. My daughter never had a job until college because she was a competitive gymnast and trained 30 hours/week. All this on around $45K a year. Can you say broke??? On the other hand, my son has very wealthy friends at his prep school who hold multiple jobs over the summer. You can’t read too much into what people do based on their families’ income.</p>