Ethnicity and race of university admissions in the UK.

sric2838 · 2018-12-18T10:59:58+00:00

It's not just the UK. My sister and I (11 months apart) were both in foster care in Massachusetts in the late 80's. I was stuck in a group home, while she was put in a nice home in the country. Granted, I was stealing and committing crimes but it was because I was acting out after years of severe physical abuse. Despite all that, my grades were high enough that I was granted a full scholarship to MIT.

Had anyone cared enough to put me in therapy, my life would be drastically different today. Instead, when I turned 18, I was put out of the home to fend for myself. Never went to college. Worked two jobs for years just to pay rent on a slum, didn't own a car until I was 23. Got a girl pregnant, and that was the end of any college dreams.

My sister had three therapy sessions a week, attended college, and now has a job 150k a year. Everyone bent over backwards to make sure she was taken care of physically and mentally, while I was discarded as trash.

Today I'm doing well with a blue collar job, a wife and 3 kids. My youngest is my son, and I'll make damn sure he's set up for life's challenges.

Clemicus · 2018-12-18T10:23:01+00:00

It would seem these figures relate to acceptances (so it isn't 9% -- if the figure is right -- it's 9% of applicants are successful). Just a note: it splits students into five different categories based on a system called POLAR3:

POLAR3: Developed by HEFCE and classifies small areas across the UK into five groups according to their level of young participation in HE. Each of these groups represents around 20 per cent of young people and is ranked from quintile 1 (areas with the lowest young participation rates, considered as the most disadvantaged) to quintile 5 (highest young participation rates, considered most advantaged).

By splitting down the figures further they've made it difficult to calculate student figures.

https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/ucas-undergraduate-releases/ucas-undergraduate-analysis-reports/equality-and-entry-rates-data-explorers

https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/ucas-undergraduate-releases/application-and-entry-rate-data-explorers

https://www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis/ucas-undergraduate-releases/ucas-undergraduate-analysis-reports/ucas-undergraduate-end-cycle-reports

https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/ucas-undergraduate-releases

shit-zen-giggles · 2018-12-18T09:29:07+00:00

Thanks for posting.

mensmod · 2018-12-18T11:47:33+00:00

Your post is about race/ethnicity.

This subreddit is about gender.

Title	Ethnicity and race of university admissions in the UK.
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Date	December 18, 2018 9:18 AM UTC (7 years ago)
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