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She didn't say elite college were lowering the bar for socio-economic admits. (Whether they are or not, I don't know, but it wasn't exactly what Hernandez said.) She said they are looking hard for high achieving kids from poorer backgrounds. She didn't suggest the kids they're looking for are lower achieving kids.
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I read her book. She said colleges would rather admit a poor kid with a 2100 than a rich kid with a 2300 because the rich one had access to resources such as tutoring. I believe she had an example where they looked at an affluent girl with a Harvard grad parent (or something like that) who had 600s on her SAT, and judged her mediocre, whereas a child from down South and poor parents with the same scores would be looked at in a different light.
I was saying I don't think that should happen, as long as they can also guarantee that preference the
other way around, that is, favoring a rich kid with the same SAT and the same EC involvement because he could pay more, wouldn't happen either.