[OC] Racial breakdown of students at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, Stanford compared to students scoring 1400+ on the SATwrenwood2018 t1_iu30pw8 wrote
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In my experience thought it isn't poorer URM that are benefitting. It is typically a wealthy URM going to these schools that then gets an extra bump because of their race. The economic diversity at many colleges is much worse than their racial diversity.
kaseda t1_iu31ulm wrote
I agree. I specifically avoided Ivy/other prestigious schools because I was afraid of not fitting in with the "wealthier" groups. I went to a state university instead and still noticed an insane shift in culture - I can hardly name anyone other than myself who didn't have at least well-off parents paying for their college, and even some who did got some hefty loans while doing it.
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