For Cornell University -Arts and Sciences -Blacks compete in thier own pool

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<p>Do African Americans compete in their own pool?</p>

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<p>No. </p>

<p>I though this was a ■■■■■, but looking at some of your other posts, I don’t think it is. What prompted you to ask this question?</p>

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<p>If Cornell’s percentages of African Americans has remained relatively constant over time, I would say, likely YES. Please read the following essay. About 2/3 down, the dean discusses Category Admissions .</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.reed.edu/apply/news_and_articles/admission_messages.html”>http://www.reed.edu/apply/news_and_articles/admission_messages.html&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>What does this mean practically? Soft quotas/goals practiced by some private colleges such as Cornell. Sub groups (such as an ethnic minority or athlete or a talent subgroup (eg. dancer, actor, top math kids, etc)) are allocated set aside slots unofficially.</p>

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<p>First, I am unclear on the question. Are you asking with respect to admissions or as students attending Cornell?</p>

<p>With regard to admissions, certainly the admissions office is building a class, and part of that is diversity across many groups, not just blacks. To the extend that the college is building a diverse class, all students may be “in their own pool” of one sort or another.</p>

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<p>Oh gosh. Ignore my post…I plead exhaustion from trying to get ready for DD’s high school graduation, but I thought you were asking about swimming pools, and swim teams. Which is why I was so shocked. What a goof I am. <em>hides under a rock</em></p>

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<p>Made my day . That was funny. lol @mdcmom</p>

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<p>Too bad the op did not mean swimming pools-neither question makes any sense but asking about swimming would be more benign.</p>

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<p>Black students are 12% of SAT takers and 5% or 6% of first year students at Cornell. As a whole, Black students are 8% of Ivy League students compared with being 14% of the enrollment at public colleges.</p>

<p>Black students at Cornell have a 90% graduation rate. White students across America have a 60% graduation rate.</p>

<p>Cornell has high standards for admission for every student and the Black students at Cornell would do well at any Ivy League college.</p>