The Secret Way Admissions Officers Talk About Race—And What To Do About It

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The Secret Way Admissions Officers Talk About Race—And What To Do About It

Thanks to a racial discrimination lawsuit against Princeton, Buzzfeed got its hands on some secret admissions documents—and boy, are they a doozy.

As a result of that lawsuit, civil rights investigators at the Education Department examined allegations of racial bias in the school’s admissions system. Though they came up short and no racial bias was found, the comments below are not exactly innocent.

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Shocker Alert: UVA Gives Wealthy Applicants Admissions Priority

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Shocker Alert: UVA Gives Wealthy Applicants Admissions Priority
  • Oh boy...The University of Virginia allegedly kept track of applicants with wealthy relatives to offer them special admission. You assumed this kind of thing happens; well the Post's got the receipts. [Teen Vogue]
  • Which may explain why Princeton is scrambling to block the release of its own admission records [BuzzFeed]
  • And don't stress too much: all the blood, sweat & tears you put into your application only takes 4 minutes to read [HuffPo]
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