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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]because attending an elite private college can have a tremendous positive impact on the lives of low-income, immigrant and minority students. The same experience doesn't affect the outcome for rich white men.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/12/does-it-matter-where-you-go-college/577816/

I learned in a talk recently that students who apply to elite colleges end up doing as well as those who actually attend them. [/quote]

I’m not following. You indicate that merely apply to an elite college provides the equally benefit to attending. So why should they expand admission if simply applying results in equal benefits? [/quote]

Granted, I did bring up two different points. One (that URM and low-income students end up better off after attending elite private colleges while there is little difference for wealthy white males) is supported by the article I included.

I somewhat rashly included the other point, that people who simply apply to competitive colleges do as well as if they'd attended the same colleges. I learned this in a talk I went to, and I don't have at my fingertips the data to back it up. And it seems to contradict the first point a little. I'll look for that data, or maybe someone else can provide it? [/quote]

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