Taking A Deep Dive Into the College Board’s New Adversity Score

EconPop
Thu, 13 Jun 2019 12:36:54 +0000

When colleges have a single digit acceptance rate, it’s almost like saying it’s not fair that you didn’t win the lottery.
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most kids, no matter what your status/background, get rejected from the top tier schools

@collegemomjam , I thought maybe I was the only person who felt that way.

It’s amazing that kids and parents want to blame minority students for “stealing” an acceptance from them. Most of the top schools have an African-American enrollment of 2%-8%. That equates to approximately 125 accepted students in a freshman class of 2500 at a university with a total undergraduate enrollment of 10,000.

It seems to me more time ought to be devoted to figuring out why those who did not get in could not beat out the other 95% of accepted freshmen. Or better yet, simply realize that a school that accepts only 7% of all applicants just might not accept your child – through no fault of your child, and certainly no fault of the students who were offered admission.