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by MiroF 2436 days ago
I also went to a school that was majority black and am white.

> When applying to college, many colleges use race to assume a level of hardship and then adjust admission standards based on hardship. Someone who goes to a very underfunded school won't score as high on the SAT as they would have if they had gone to a better school. Yet because of my race, the assumption is made that such reasoning does not apply to me.

I do not think this is true for the highest tier of colleges, who will also consider what highschool you come from.