Did I read that correctly @“Yalie 2011” ???. They prefer kids of “bums” over kids of average Joes? They hold it against you if you are the child of hard-working ORM parents? And if you actually attended Yale, I truly can’t believe you just said that.
First of all, as an ORM parent, I won’t complain that my kids don’t get a fair shake in life because they have been fortunate enough to live life without privation, with plenty of resources, an intact family, no discrimination ( primarily if white), no lack of basic necessities, a great education, and everything else that goes along with being a ORM, suburban, middle or upperclass family. And while URM and low SES families might not struggle with all those things, it’s entirely possible they struggle with some of them.
I am going to guess that even at Yale, with its 71% white and Asian students, a substantial number of those students come from nice suburban high schools similar to the one my kids attend. I do not feel that these kids are playing a lottery to get into top colleges. They have a huge advantage right from the start and all the other kids have to work that much harder to earn their place in top colleges. Virtually all kids who get into a college like Yale have worked their tails off to get there, but it’s not a lottery for any of them. The kids who already have a head start in life have to prove themselves too, but it’s often easier for them. Top colleges don’t “hold” anything against kids from ORM schools, but it might be true that their expectations are higher, and rightly so.