@GMTplus7 is “normal” considered offensive terminology? I apologize. When I used normal I mean non-URM, I did not mean URM were abnormal. I didn’t mean to be offensive. I think there is a difference between your Brazil associate and I.
Referring to one group as “normal” does imply that people not in the group are abnormal. “Abnormal” has a very negative meaning.
I know you meant no offense. 
Because English is not your first language, I am wondering whether your HS child is an American citizen/PR or an international student?
Int’l applicants are assessed in a different admissions pool than domestic applicants. For int’l applicants, nationality is a bigger admissions factor than race.
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I am an US citizen though English is not my first language. Thank you for your concern
Thank you for letting me know that you knew I meant no offense
I’m not so sure about your comment of “nationality is bigger than race” because I just recently read from CNN that there are two undocumented girl one received full ride and the other got accepted by Yale with financial package
Elite schools tend to treat illegal immigrants as domestic applicants rather than as int’l applicants.
In regards to conventional int’l applicants, colleges prefer to maximize int’l diversity. So having an underrepresented nationality is a plus.
The “full ride” girl, she received it from UT, a state university, not elite school. Anyway, I see your points, I think the right way for government to do is to find better way to help URM kids to improve their grades in grade school instead of lowering the bar for entry,
UT is regarded as being an elite public school. It is the flagship school of the Texas public university system.
There is no real point to this thread closing