I mentioned in a recent comment that there is evidence for a systematic bias against applicants with conservative/rural/working-class-white cultural signifiers. Espenshade found that most extracurriculars were positive factors for admission to Harvard, but 4H, Future Farmers of America, and ROTC are all negatively correlated with admissions when controlling for test scores and GPA.
I mentioned in a recent comment that there is evidence for a systematic bias against applicants with conservative/rural/working-class-white cultural signifiers.
And no admissions officer is ever going to say “By the way, if you do anything which reminds me of Sarah Palin, you’re NOKD” Either because the admissions officer is unaware of his bias, or because he is embarrassed by it and does not want to admit to it.
I mentioned in a recent comment that there is evidence for a systematic bias against applicants with conservative/rural/working-class-white cultural signifiers. Espenshade found that most extracurriculars were positive factors for admission to Harvard, but 4H, Future Farmers of America, and ROTC are all negatively correlated with admissions when controlling for test scores and GPA.
And no admissions officer is ever going to say “By the way, if you do anything which reminds me of Sarah Palin, you’re NOKD” Either because the admissions officer is unaware of his bias, or because he is embarrassed by it and does not want to admit to it.