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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is an interesting article by the New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/07/24/upshot/ivy-league-elite-college-admissions.html

Look at the graph.  Small preference for the poor, large preference for the 0.1%.  At the cost of the 60th to 99th percentile.

that's you DCUM.  [/quote]

Disagree. This chart seems to show the 70th to 95th being the issue.

The 99th is advantaged (just not as much as the 99.9). The 98/97/96 look ok, about average.

What income range is the 70th to 95th?[/quote]

The 400k to 600k families with private school kids seem to complain the most. Even though that income and private seem to both be advantageous.

It’s the 100k - 300k families that go missing at these schools based on the data. They are discriminated against. That also corresponds nicely to what a mid level 2-income household would make. Two blue collar workers at the lower end to two mid level professionals at the higher end.[/quote]

How are they "discriminated" against?   There are still families in that range who manage to send their kids to $80K universities?  How?  Ones who have made it a priority and have saved for it.  And others who don't care, smartly realizing that it does NOT matter where their kid attends so they save to pay for state schools and put the rest into retirement for themselves.  But if you are making $150K, you could choose to live like you make $75K (plenty around you do, in fact most do) and save the rest.  But you Chose not to do that.  You need to get your head out of your ass and realize that you are much more privileged than most people.  Most living on $75K or less per year would do almost anything to be making $150-200K.  [/quote]

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