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Originally posted by Munchkin03
I wouldn't be surprised either to see that the majority of "American" blacks at the elite colleges are affluent. I suspect that middle- and working-class black students are either going to their state schools (if you look at the incentives they are giving, a savvy student can literally get PAID to go to a state school), an HBCU, or to a school that has amazing financial aid opportunities, like Princeton (no loans as part of its student aid package) or schools that give large minority scholarships.
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I can speak to this. All of my great-grandparents (and I would venture even further back as well) were born here and the statement about state school is definitely true in my case. I was accepted to Stanford, but chose Texas A&M for financial reasons. I could have gone to Stanford and my parents would have paid for it, but what was the point when I knew I would be following undergrad with professional school AND I literally got PAID to go to Texas A&M? There was no point. Also, as an engineering student Texas A&M was just as a good a choice as any. It was a top 10-15 engineering school (and number ONE in my discipline- bio-engineering), depending on the rank and all the big companies recruit there. The way I see it, I got paid to go to a top engineering school- I made out!