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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The disproportionate attendance among ultra-wealthy households is partly due to the correlation between IQ and income, frankly. IQ is a strong predictor of income with a correlation of around .3, and IQ is also strongly heritable, with most studies indicating that intelligence is 50%-80% genetic. If the average IQ of these parents is approximately 120, the average IQ of children from this group will be around 113. The whole distribution curve of this group of children is higher. These children will have 6X relative odds of having an IQ of 130+ and 12x relative odds of having an IQ of 145+ in comparison to the entire population. Athlete, legacy, and donor admission are big factors in this. Athlete admissions are probably not going anywhere, but legacy admission seems increasingly threatened now that check-the-box affirmative action is gone. [/quote]

This is the reality that most people simply don’t want to accept.  We see countless articles about how the SAT is biased because it correlates with HHI, but the truth is if you corrected for IQ, HHI wouldn’t move the needle much.  [/quote]
SAT prep can help, though, as can years of enrichment and tutoring.

The child who had the parents read to them since they were babies is going to have a better vocabulary and be more well read than a child who didn't.  We read to our kids since they were babies.

That's not to say that children who didn't have this can't do well.  But, then it falls on the parents to value education for their children even as they cannot help the children too much with their education.  It's easier for those parents to do that if prioritizing education is cultural.

Culture is actually really hard to break.  It's why so many Asian immigrant parents still think you only need high stats to do well, and why certain other subcultures don't value education as much.  
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