<p>It is my thesis that adcoms of the Ivies (and other very selective schools) come to Texas primarily to recruit Hispanics. They’ll take white kids and black kids if they are athletes, but that’s where the cut line is. </p>
<p>I am completely neutral on this approach. I am just observing the facts: readers from these selective schools for Texas tend to be hispanic-surnamed, fluent speakers of Spanish, or heads of diversity on their respective campuses. From looking around at the admits from our schools here in South Texas, a very high number of the admits or deferred in EA have been hispanic. Black kids, with great credentials or even legacies, have been denied (if they aren’t athletes). White kids, with published papers or major leadership roles, have been denied (if they aren’t athletes). I sumise, on this evidence, that the selective schools come to Texas for Hispanics and D1-caliber athletes, go to California for the smart Asians, and top up their white kids from the Eastern prep schools. Just what I have observed down here.</p>
<p>It is my hypothesis that you’re just trying to stir up trouble.</p>
<p>I also notice that this is the first post under this user name. I think that doesn’t prove my hypothesis, but it certainly lends support.</p>
<p>Challenge my observation, not my post count.</p>
<p>Sikorsky’s correct. His observation of your post count sure as heck doesn’t help placido.</p>
<p>But this thread is pointless and is just looking for trouble.</p>
<p>Pointless? CC has a whole section devoted to “Ethnicity,” where you can break down colleges and locations by “ethnicity.” Other threads – primarily originated and perpetuated by EA rejects – openly discuss colleges’ ethnic policies.</p>
<p>Why is pointing to various facts and then drawing an hypothesis from those facts considered “pointless” or “stirring up trouble.” What? You want yet another “chance me” thread? </p>
<p>May I only point to Notre Dame admissions as evidence? Here below is the reader for Texas:</p>
<p>Mr. Gilbert Martinez
Associate Director
Texas; Diversity Recruitment Coordinator; Hispanic Recruitment</p>
<p>How about Yale (for Texas)?</p>
<p>Salvador Andrade </p>
<p>How about Dartmouth?</p>
<p>Brian Estrada</p>
<p>I will note, however, that while Penn has Korean and Japanese adcoms for California, it does not have hispanic-surnamed adcoms for Texas, nor does Brown. So, the theory may not hold water across the board. But I did find it curious, and wondered if these colleges were acknowledging what they really wanted (or expected) in their applicant pool by trying to match ethnicities.</p>
<p>I don’t understand why, to some, this question isn’t worthy of some mere modicum of speculation.</p>
<p>I have not idea if your observations and hypothesis are correct. I do know that a first time poster who comes here to clearly grind an axe hasn’t earned much to have that axe grinding given much attention.</p>