A select few public schools are “dramatically overrepresented” in Princeton University’s admissions rates – underscoring the need for a more comprehensive recruitment strategy, argues the student newspaper.
“Given Princeton’s flaunting of its high percentage of public schoolers, the University should broaden the range of schools from which it admits — even if this means devoting resources to actively recruiting from more underserved public schools,” The Daily Princetonian wrote in a Feb. 12 opinion piece.
As an example, student journalists analyzed the rates of incoming first-year students for the class of 2016 and concluded more than two-thirds of them came from just 39 schools: 26 public, 13 private.
“Students from these schools, like all Princeton students, are doubtlessly impressive,” the newspaper wryly observed. “But that doesn’t mean they should be overrepresented nine times over.”
Furthermore, the demographics of these public schools reveal they tend to favor “affluent communities,” according to the commentary.
