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[quote=Anonymous]It sounds dubious to me.

(1) I would query whether AI has the necessary T20 data to disaggregate hooked admits from unhooked admits. Do any T20 schools, for example, publish the number/percentage of admits whose parents made donations? And how does one account for applicants with multiple hooks--i.e., the FGLI URM athlete. Does that applicant get counted four times for each separate hook (first gen, low income, URM, and athlete) or as a single, consolidated data point within the 75%?

(2) No one here agrees on what constitutes a "hooked" applicant. Some have extremely expansive definitions, others would limit that term exclusively to FGLI, URM, athletes, and applicants from South Dakota.

(3) Your own definition is ambiguous. I have no idea what "academically compromised groups" means. I doubt AI does either. Similarly, your last category has several ambiguous categories. I don't think many people consider applicants who use consultants to be "hooked." I'm not sure what "packaged" means. And I doubt universities--much less AI apps--know which applicants have "fake spikes." Presumably, if a T20 university knew part of an applicant's application was fake, it wouldn't admit that applicant. And, again, how would AI know what percentage of applicants have fake spikes.[/quote]

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