'Most of us never thought to question whether other people who are in these classrooms deserve admissions — we just assume they deserved admissions more than we do.” Can college admissions scandal make Latino students rethink 'impostor syndrome' guilt?
, she studied the experiences of successful Latino professionals and their reflections on their pathways through academia and the career ladder.
“I remember my first lab for chemistry; we were in lab groups with two other people and I was doing a really basic lab, measuring density and volume,” Martinez said. “I was doing it and putting the answers in my lab notebook and one of my lab partners told the other, ‘You need to redo it. He went to that summer program.'”
Gutiérrrez conducted a study on the attitudes toward legacy admissions and affirmative action policies “When we walk into the classroom, we are the only persons of color." She said it sometimes feels like"we weren’t supposed to be in these spaces. It has definitely made me question whether or not I am going into academia.”
“It makes a difference to Latinos who are used to being hidden, ignored, misunderstood or demonized to have their lives recognized and understood,” Chavez said.
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