Brown, Dartmouth, Columbia, and Cornell EA

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Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:11:00 +0000

Quote: “It’s that kind of suppressed racism that makes me lose hope in America.”

I don’t think the people on the forum are necessarily racist, but just frustrated and venting the wrong way. And I don’t think that they are blaming the entire rejection/deferral on AA, either, except for a very minor few. Like it or not, being a URM is generally considered as a hook, and this added advantage is going to weigh somewhat, even if minor. I think the people on those forum are just really disappointed about their results (even though it probably was due to many combination of factors, not just ONE) and need an excuse to release their anger on. Of course, this does NOT give permission for them to demean others who got in. What they did is not commendable at all, and frankly speaks to their maturity level more than anything, but I don’t think it was due to racism per se.

On that note, I personally don’t agree with AA, but I would never use it as a crutch to feel better about myself if I didn’t get in. That’s just wrong, and demeaning to yourself as well as others. I hope no one on the Yale board does this, either.

And as for SAT scores – to be honest, I AM scared. From what I’ve seen so far, high SAT scores actually seem to correlated more to deferred/rejected applicants than accepted ones! (is this even possible?)
I agree, the SAT is almost meaningless (it doesn’t show almost anything about who we actually are), but still – I could have easily gotten a 2150 not putting any effort into prepping for it, but I worked my butt off to get in the “competitive” range for Yale. I hope it counts for something, or at least, doesn’t count against me. :(