Quadruplets Admitted to Yale

T26E4
Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:30:06 +0000

mifune wrote: “It is not fair to lower-class individuals regardless of race when one does not have the proper opportunities to demonstrate their aptitudes. Thus, I maintain my firm belief that accomplishments must be taken into the context in which they were achieved.”

From my experience, this is exactly what Yale and peer institutions strive to do. They expend extra efforts in areas traditionally underserved by top college admissions – this includes not only urban (mostly minority) schools but rural and other out-liers too.