EOP/HEOP, and other Opportunity Programs

Duper
Sun, 04 May 2008 00:48:26 +0000

http://www.highered.nysed.gov/kiap/pdf/HEOPWebBrochure2008.pdf



Who is Eligible?

To be eligible for HEOP you must meet all of the following conditions. You must:
3. Be educationally disadvantaged. **An educationally disadvantaged student is a student who otherwise would not be accepted as a matriculated student under the institution’s normal admissions standards in the degree program for which application is made. ** At open admissions institutions, an educationally disadvantaged student must meet one of the following criteria:
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d)Meet other acceptable academic criteria, which differentiate the HEOP student from regularly admitted students (e.g.lower test scores, lower GED scores).



Notice it doesn’t say anything about GPA.

[Cornell University Office of Minority Educational Affairs](http://omea.cornell.edu/state-programs/apply/)

Cornell’s policy



To be considered for EOP/HEOP, applicant must:


Be high school graduate or possess a State-approved high school equivalency diploma (GED).
Be a New York State resident or permanent resident alien residing in New York State.
Meet the academic criteria for the college the student has applied to and demonstrate a potential for successful completion of a bachelor’s degree.
** 4. Be inadmissible under regular admission.**
Meet the economic guidelines (listed below) determined by the New York State Education Department.




So it’s clear that HEOP applicants are held to a lower standard. But that standard is NOT GPA (which is more indicative about a person’s work ethic and potential), but rather a test which is composed of three elementary sections taken over 4 hours. Nobody else finds this absolutely absurd?