Showing posts with label ROTC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ROTC. Show all posts

Friday, August 27, 2010

Southerners Disproportionately Populate All The Branches

"Here's to the day our sacrifices are for our own, instead of for those who only use us." Read the rest HERE.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Poor Whites Most Discriminated Against In College Admissions

"To have the same chances of gaining admission as a black student with an SAT score of 1100, an Hispanic student otherwise equally matched in background characteristics would have to have a 1230, a white student a 1410, and an Asian student a 1550."

“Being an officer or winning awards” for such career-oriented activities as junior ROTC, 4-H, or Future Farmers of America, say Espenshade and Radford, “has a significantly negative association with admission outcomes at highly selective institutions.” Excelling in these activities “is associated with 60 or 65 percent lower odds of admission.”

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