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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/06/12/varsity-athletes-admissions-enrollment-top-colleges/?utm_term=.282712c7fa13

The amazing stats that jumped out to me are that 23% of Caltech and 15% of MIT slots are reserved for recruited athletes! So much for their vaunted "pure" race-neutral meritocracy. [/quote]

Wait, are you implying that all athletes are the same race?!  So I really need to tell you that there are successful athletes of all races.  A racist rant is. It what I expected of this header. [/quote]

+1.

What is the proportion of recruited athletes who are black?

I suspect it's higher that the merit-based general student population.[/quote]

About 2/3 of recruited athletes in the Ivy League are white.  This is [u]higher[/u] than the overall student population.  This means whites are disproportionately benefiting from these lower admission standards.[/quote]

Nope, it's not higher --- remember the vast majority of Hispanics is racially white/ half white.

I'd like to see the actual stats.[/quote]

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