How much does being a minority help 
(Senior Chimp, 19 
Points) on 7/15/09 at 10:09pm
Just looking for a general idea? For instance, if you're looking in the lower part of the top 30 Georgia Tech has 1% African American. So, if you're an African American applying there is it pretty close to an auto admit as long as they think you can do the work (i.e. you fall somewhere in the middle 80% range for gpa/work experience/gmat)? I mean, they supposedly have AA there so I can't see them being all that selective when that's very far below the population of 10% or so African American.
Most likely plays a fairly
by Yacht_manMost likely plays a fairly large roll, don't forget though, GA Tech is already full of minorities.
"Banking - It is what it is"
From my understanding, the
by TobleroneFrom my understanding, the ranking of priority goes like this:
Hispanic > African American/Native Indian
If you're Asian or Indian, sorry buddy... not considered minorities anymore, lolz.
Edit: I'm not a recruiter so take my opinion with a large saltshaker of salt... it's just what I've observed :]
No way Georgia Tech is only
by westsidewolf1989No way Georgia Tech is only 1% African American, aren't they the university that gives out the most engineering degrees to African Americans?
And there are quotas...it's unfair but investment banks are (like farming and oil/gas industry) dominated by white males. Banks are going to take their percentage of URMs to check it off their list. My father was in the oil and gas business and he stated that it would be better for the livelihood of a business if they hired an average white engineer over a top black engineer, assuming the talent disparity wasn't big enough to salvo the company. Racist? Yes, probably, but it comes down to relating with clients or roughnecks on a drilling rig that don't exactly relate well with non-whites.
According to what I read on
by Kirby23According to what I read on businessweek their business school has only 1% African American (though you are correct about the engineering thing). It's higher for other schools that Georgia Tech has.
I am hisp,from the US(no visa
by monty09I am hisp,from the US(no visa issues), bb exp , played d1 sport and most school kissed my ass to apply since most of the hisp at a lot of schools are from Latin A. and not the US.
I went to a few URM events and was the only US born Hisp at most.
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