<p>Agreed with JHS completely.</p>
<p>I’d argue that Stanford sees socioeconomics as more important than just race. So those who are Asian but from a disadvantaged background will be given boosts, too. And that’s understandable: what a student has accomplished should be evaluated in the context of what the student has been offered. Some students are very accomplished despite being disadvantaged, and that’s a factor in admissions, more so than race. Not all URMs are from lower socioeconomic backgrounds; not all URMs are seen in the same light.</p>
<p>I find it mind-boggling that so many of those on this forum doubt Stanford’s ability to find 170 (~10% of Stanford’s class of 1,700) black students, from all over the world, who are as extraordinary as their white and Asian counterparts. The same for other URMs.</p>