<p>@MWCDSS You are correct. I should have praised the faculty member for wanting diversity and I will do that now. I have also stated in prior posts that once an URM is accepted, their chances at merit awards are evaluated Fairly. </p>
<p>As to the student’s line “diversity at Washington and Lee is important and is definitely something that the school should strive for” rings hollow given she makes the case that an Asian American student who qualified for the Johnson Scholarship should not have been awarded the scholarship because in her eyes he wasn’t deemed meritorious enough compared to other White students. I could go on about why she is wrong but I won’t.</p>
<p>As to why I asked my question, it was asked because there seems to be no concern for the disproportional admission rates between URMs and Whites. Why?? I understand that parents who have children who graduated or are now attending W&L want to feel good about their school. I doesn’t feel good to know that the school’s admission policy might be discriminatory and that your children may have directly benefited at the exclusion of some worthy URMs.</p>
<p>But W&L is suppose to be different in that it has and follows a Code of Honor. I see no Honor in a discriminatory admission practice. That is what the admission data points to. You can be like wlpoppa and claim none of us knows the exact profile of each and every applicant and claim that there is where you will find the answer, but we all know that this claim is a ruse. This data is not available from any institution. The only data that is available is the admission data of the school as a whole. </p>
<p>I beg you to find one other college or university that has an admission rate for White applicants that is 3-4 times greater than URMs. In fact, I challenge you to find an institution who’s admission rate of Whites is just twice that of URMs. I have looked. I have checked the websites of hundreds of colleges trying to justify W&L admission data because like you I do not want to see the negative in a school. Unfortunately, I Found NONE. W&L is the only school to have admission numbers this disproportionately skewed.</p>
<p>As to your other concerns, I have never stated anything but positive things about the actual school. I have on numerous times stated that I do not believe the students or faculty are discriminatory. You seem to confirm this by your personal knowledge of several W&L students and alums who embrace diversity. In fact in prior posts I have stated that W&L is an excellent school. </p>
<p>But it is only available to those that can get in and the admission data shows that the admission office prefers its students be White. I do not ask for marginal URMs to be admitted over more qualified White students. I only seek fairness in the admission process so that the highly qualified URMs that are being turned away for less qualified White students be given their due. </p>
<p>If the HONOR CODE is really at work at W&L, there should be loads of students, parents, and alums wanting the admission’s office to justify the disproportional admission data or change its discriminatory ways. I don’t think that is too much to ask.</p>
<p>@coppijr I never stated your author friend was racist. I also did not generalize or draw conclusions about the student body as a whole. As I stated in the past, I have no evidence of discriminatory behavior from the students or faculty at W&L. My question was directed to those on this thread who have been quick to criticize and name call for the information that I have posted without ever seeing fit to take any action to confirm or dispel what I say is true or not. </p>
<p>You are a current student, have you even broached this issue with any faculty or fellow students?
Have you even taken the time to investigate it. The admission rate data based upon ethnicity has probably not been seen by anyone outside of the admission office and this site. </p>