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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]18:49 Yes on the takeaway but:

Student athletes make what percentage of an entering class?

As for Goldin's $1 million figure, I cannot believe that the high legacy numbers at the Ivies are all applicants whose families donated $1 million. Some perhaps but I wonder what percentage of that percentage.[/quote]

18:49 here - just a couple of percent, if I recall correctly. Legacies are far more numerous, as are development cases. In this world where income inequality increases every year (in part due to this system of keeping the plushest diplomas and then jobs among the already well-connected), I am not surprised that a lot of people can afford to donate a million for the Ivies - note that some of it is money raised from others, it does not have to be personal money. At Harvard, members of the executive council of the donations board (has a fancy name I can't remember) are chosen when they have raised or donated more than 5 million. Some have given 25M.
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