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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Does the table take into account preference for affluent white families?[/b]

Court documents show that Harvard maintains a list of candidates of special interest to the admissions dean, and accepted 42.2 percent of them. The dean’s interest list includes “all applicants who the Dean of Admissions wishes to keep track of during the admissions process, whether they be children of donors, or an applicant the Dean met at some point in their high school career and wished to keep an eye on,” said Harvard spokeswoman Rachael Dane.

For example, Harvard accepted Jared Kushner despite an undistinguished high school record after his father, who was not an alumnus, pledged a $2.5 million gift.[/quote]

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Please consider clicking on the link and reading this significant and well researched study before mocking it with a meme.

Literally the ENTIRE study is about the relative advantages of “ALDC” status, which refers to Athlete, Legacy, Dean’s interest list (which is the rich people you are talking about) and Children of faculty or staff. There is literally one footnote about race. These researchers AGREE with you that preferences provide a way outsized advantage.[/quote]

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