<p>Yes I agree that W&L factors interest as a major component in the selection process… However, this tends to favor wealthy caucasian applicants who are most likely to be able to fly out to W&L for a visit… While you say you are not wealthy, you have the financial means to visit campus, something which MOST minority applicants cannot do.
So do you think it is fair for W&L to accept a wealthy private school student who has had every advantage in life over an inner city african american student who cannot afford to visit campus? By factoring interest as a major component of the decision, this is basically what is happening, and that could be the reason for the descrepencies between the acceptance rates</p>