I hope I didn’t conflate being a person of color and being disadvantaged economically, @JBSeattle as that was not my intention. I am curious however, you mention 7 students - out of how many? That is where the data matters. Have you ever sat down and spoken to any of those 7 students about what it is like from their perspective?
I kind of hate that the acronym URM is used as people tend to forget the U stands for Underrepresented. Generational wealth is less likely statistically, first gen to college is higher statistically, the list goes on as to why the under representation is present and I applaud any school that is working to dismantle the cycle of they are doing it truly and holistically. I’m not naive, however and as was mentioned above, the acceptance rate is low no matter your hook. One young woman that worked for me, had many awards, accolades and high stats as well as being first generation American from Central America. She received full scholarships to a number of programs and said she bought her lottery tickets, as well; her Harvard and Brown applications. She knows that is precisely what they are and made sure she had strong backups. She is going to break her family into a different socioeconomic tier, I have full faith, and it won’t take Harvard or Brown to do it.