dont be in the 60th to 99th percentile in income

[Anonymous]

For all their committees, task forces and talk about equal opportunity and DEI, these colleges really only care about the money and their so-called prestige

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just read this article. Super interesting. It said athletic preferences tend to pull in rich kids because many sports are only played by rich kids.

Nah. The vast majority of athletes are certainly in the un-preferred 60th to 99th income percentile.

Coaches have a limited number of athletes they can ask for admissions preference. They hate using a roster slot to make an offer and then the kid doesn't attend. If athletes tend to be "richer" it is because coaches are more willing to extend offers to kids who are sure to be able to afford attending. A college making an ED admission offer and then the parents say "oops we actually can't afford this" is a thing that can happen even for non-athletes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For all their committees, task forces and talk about equal opportunity and DEI, these colleges really only care about the money and their so-called prestige

the data disagrees. they give preference BOTH to the 0.1% and to the bottom half of the income distribution

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all their committees, task forces and talk about equal opportunity and DEI, these colleges really only care about the money and their so-called prestige

the data disagrees. they give preference BOTH to the 0.1% and to the bottom half of the income distribution

Given how quickly some chatter came out about switching to giving preference based on zip code after the SCOTUS AA decision, it wouldn't surprise me that this method is already being used under the table.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all their committees, task forces and talk about equal opportunity and DEI, these colleges really only care about the money and their so-called prestige

the data disagrees. they give preference BOTH to the 0.1% and to the bottom half of the income distribution

Wrong, Any preference they give to the bottom is fractions of what they give to the very top

[Anonymous]

So what. This isn’t news.

Where have you been hiding if you are surprised by this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So what. This isn’t news.

Where have you been hiding if you are surprised by this?

Ageee. The OP needs to focus on how she can make her DC app/voice/ essays/narrative unique.
Better use of time this admission cycle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So what. This isn’t news.

Where have you been hiding if you are surprised by this?

At work (too busy working to earn enough to pay for private high school tuition).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So what. This isn’t news.

Where have you been hiding if you are surprised by this?

At work (too busy working to earn enough to pay for private high school tuition).

But, come on 60/99% you don’t get aid and can’t demonstrate “need”..

At $150k HHI in the DMV, $85k/year is a major sting!!! If you were in lower bracket, the kid would go for free. There is your answer—that percentile will go broke paying for it and not get $$ from the large endowments at these schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For all their committees, task forces and talk about equal opportunity and DEI, these colleges really only care about the money and their so-called prestige

the data disagrees. they give preference BOTH to the 0.1% and to the bottom half of the income distribution

Wrong, Any preference they give to the bottom is fractions of what they give to the very top

That's not what the graph really shows, because there is a huge number of kids in the 0-60 percentile and a tiny number of kids in the 99-100 percentile.

[Anonymous]

Nothing shocking in the article but it's good to see it in print.
As a HS senior back in 1990 at a private in NYC, it shocked and appalled me that all the kids of CEOs and famous people got into ivies. It no longer does.
It also confirms my suspicion about UVA. I was told that several boarding schools have a pipeline to the school, and from what I have seen, it's true.
Hopefully, this article puts some shame into the admissions offices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is the 60-99th percentile? I don't have a NY Times subscription so I can't read that article.

Better to read the primary source anyway.

https://opportunityinsights.org/

[Anonymous]

https://opportunityinsights.org/paper/collegeadmissions/

[Anonymous]

And here's the real depressing detail from the paper:

"Attending an Ivy-Plus instead of a flagship public college triples students’ chances of obtaining jobs at prestigious firms and substantially increases their chances of
earning in the top 1%."

So many friends' smart children are headed to flagship this fall due to cost...

[Anonymous]

This strikes me as not at all surprising. I don’t get what the “a ha” is here.