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The Changes of American College Students Enrollment System In an ideal world, the nation’s elite schools would enroll the mo
The Changes of American College Students Enrollment System In an ideal world, the nation’s elite schools would enroll the mo
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2013-05-04
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The Changes of American College Students Enrollment System
In an ideal world, the nation’s elite schools would enroll the most qualified students. But that’s not how it works. Applicants whose parents are alums get special treatment, as do athletes and rich kids. Underrepresented minorities are also given preference. Thirty years of affirmative action have changed the complexion of mostly white universities; now about 13 percent of all undergraduates are black or Latino. But most come from middle and upper-middle-class families. Poor kids of all ethnicities remain scarce. A recent study by the Century Foundation found that at the nation’s 146 most competitive schools, 74 percent of students came from upper-middle-class and wealthy families, while only about 5 percent came from families with an annual income of roughly $ 35,000 or less.
Many schools say diversity—racial, economic and geographic—is key to maintaining intellectually vital campuses. But Richard Kahlenberg of the Century Foundation says that even though colleges claim they want poor kids, "they don’t try very hard to find them." As for rural students, many colleges don’t try at all. "Unfortunately, we go where we can generate a sizable number of potential applicants," says Tulane admissions chief Richard Whiteside, who recruits aggressively and in person—from metropolitan areas. Kids in rural areas get a glossy brochure in the mail.
Even when poor rural students have the grades for top colleges, their high schools often don’t know how to get them there. Admissions officers rely on guidance counselors to direct them to promising prospects. In affluent high schools, guidance counselors often have personal relationships with both kids and admissions officers. In rural areas, a teacher, a counselor or even an alumnus "can help put rural students on our radar screen", says Wesleyan admissions dean Nancy Meislahn. But poor rural schools rarely have college advisers with those connections; without them, admission "can be a crapshoot", says Carnegie Mellon’s Steidel.
In the past few years some schools have begun to open that door a little wider. At MIT it’s something of a mission for Marilee Jones, the dean of admissions. Twenty years ago, 25 percent of each MIT class were first-generation college goers from poor backgrounds who used the celebrated engineering school as a ticket out of the blue-collar world. Five years ago, when that number dipped below 10 percent, Jones began scouring the country for bright kids, and then paired the potential applicants with MIT faculty and students who could answer questions about college life. In four years Jones has doubled the number of poor first-generation students at MIT.
By saying "can be a crapshoot" (Line 14~15,Para.3) ,the author suggests______.
选项
A、rural students have an access to college
B、it is very hard for rural students to go to college
C、poor rural students can’t afford admission fees
D、poor rural schools are not on good terms with colleges
答案
B
解析
语义理解题。第三段解释了农村优秀贫困生不能进入名牌大学的原因:没有人引荐。从第二句可以看出大学的招生官员喜欢有人引荐优秀的学生,这样可以保证生源质量。从最后一句中的“在贫困的农村学校里,与学生和大学的招生官员都有私人关系的升学顾问极其少见,如果没有顾问的推荐”,那么就是“有风险的”。可见,农村的优秀学生要进入大学很难,故[B]为答案。
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