<p>wlpoppa.Why are you talking about business school?? This is a discussion on undergrad institutions, and Harvard Wharton Emory undergrad all have 4x the diversity of W&L. I’m not going to speculate on why those B-Schools have low minority rates because Im not an expert on B-School admissions. Also, B-school is an entirely different category because many of the top schools have 40-50% internationals ie. DIVERSITY.
Also, I love how you accuse me of being a ■■■■■ when in fact it is YOU who is the ■■■■■. I have brought up valid issues w W&L that many people are wondering about. In addition, all my claims are based on PUBLISHED statistics. Have you even presented one piece of evidence to back up any of your claims? No, you just blindly support W&L and give all sorts of excuses for the lack of diversity without presenting any evidence. It is you in fact who are the ■■■■■ because you have no data to back up any of your claims, and you have some major connection/infatuation with the school since you spend so much time defending it.
If W&L wants to keep its diversity as low as possible, fine, I really don’t have a problem with that, and I will choose another school. However, It is a blatant lie when they claim to strive for more diversity when there diversity numbers have been flat for the last 5 years (11-12%) and they accept 35-40% of white applicants and only 8% of asians/hispanics.
I,along with many other prospective students, used to think that W&L’s diversity numbers were so low since it is a southern rural liberal arts school and is not particularly well known. Now I realize that is a fallacy because 40% of ALL applicants to W&L are minorities, yet only 10% of the student body are minorities.</p>