How does being "Hispanic" affect my admission chances for Stanford?

[Smugness]

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Colleges want a heterogenous campus; there should be many kinds of people at each school. If you’re a URM and you have decent stats you’ll likely get in over an Asian genius regardless of qualifications.

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<p>And THAT is the reason why some kids manage to get into Harvard with a sub 2000 SATs =/</p>