<p>@JeniChang: i really hope you’re a ■■■■■. this post is disgusting.</p>
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<li>You’re obsessed with rankings. College is about opportunities, not a number which really doesn’t matter if it isn’t somewhere in 1-10. Yeah, people from Harvard will get a bump for the name, but you probably won’t get any serious bump for UMiami that you won’t get at Cuse. Cuse has very active alumni who offer great opportunities. </li>
<li>Diversity is important at colleges. If people are all homogeneous, rich people whose parents can all pay >$50k/year, no one will ever learn. Many of those kids have much less potential than those less fortunate kids who are accepted and given an opportunity to flourish. Actually, Cuse has a much higher retention rate for members of the HEOP program than the extra-rich. </li>
<li>“which dragged down the ranking because a lot of those scholarship students aren’t as capable (27% latino got accepted this year!!)” Are you seriously suggesting that anyone who is Latino is incapable? That’s absurd.</li>
<li>“I feel it is highly unfair to students paying full that people with possible lower grades are getting full rides or substantial scholarship money.” If someone can afford to pay in full, they really don’t need a scholarship. That kid can attend with or without merit money. A kid who has possibly more potential, has made it through an urban public school, and is probably 300x more motivated to have a better life is a much better investment, especially when that kid won’t be able to attend without a lot of help be it merit or financial aid.</li>
<li>“And those same people are pulling the school’s ranking down for those who payed full! I’ gladly pay the full tuition and much more if I knew the money was going to my education” the money is going to your education…if you don’t want to attend a great school because it also accepts kids who aren’t rich, head on over to Pepperdine. Seriously, please don’t attend SU. There will be lots of Latinos and some black people, even some Jews (CRAZY, I KNOW!!) and I wouldn’t want you to have to suffer through that as you continue to worry about the admissions process far after it has ended and you’ve been accepted. Please attend elsewhere.</li>
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