<p>Bringing up two people out of 1200, like I said before, is not enough evidence to back up your statement. Out of a pool of tens of thousands of applicants, there’s no way to know (especially for people like you who are outside of the admissions process) why someone did or did not get accepted. You also are making no sense with the “below average” acceptances, since the University uses a holistic admissions process. 50% of the student body is theoretically below the average. Should all of them be rejected? Or should we just use a top down approach where we go from 36, 4.0’s, and work our way down until we’re out of seats left to give? Your friend got a 4.0 and a 30, ok? So did thousands of other people?</p>
<p>I also like your very condescending remarks about graduation rates. It’s funny how you assume everyone who doesn’t graduate from college does so because they can’t handle the work. On the contrary, a few studies have shown that the biggest reason behind people leaving school is (of course) money. They cant afford it, and don’t want to accumulate tons of debt. Others try to balance working (some full time) and taking classes at school.
(source: <a href=“http://www.publicagenda.org/files/theirwholelivesaheadofthem.pdf”>http://www.publicagenda.org/files/theirwholelivesaheadofthem.pdf</a>). This of course disproportionately affects minority students., who make up by far the largest recipients of Pell Grants. Also, the numbers are growing; minority enrollment and graduation is up in all colleges across the nation, despite their relative poverty compared to the majority. But yeah, keep on telling us about how those dumb black kids are getting destroyed by the noble White students </p>