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[quote=SAM2][quote=Anonymous]From some of the literature I've read, like the Price of Admission, I got the impression that there weren't all that many slots left after all the legacies (15-20% of the class), diversity, wealth, and athletics.  Maybe 30-40% of the class was available to non-priority students ....  How does this translate into a given non-priority kid's chances at an elite school?  [/quote]
It seems like the discussion on this thread has moved in a different direction.  For anyone who is still interested in data on which priority groups get admitted to top colleges and how many slots are available for non-priority applicants, here are a few links I'd recommend.

Here are links to two excellent articles from Thomas Espenshade: http://fwd4.me/OFj and http://fwd4.me/P8d . If I recall correctly, "Price of Admission" relies pretty heavily on Espenshade's research for the sections that discuss data (as opposed to the sections where Golden relays dramatic anecdotes about particular students that bought their way into college). Espenshade's final conclusion in the second article is that although many people get very agitated about the fear that priority applicants (legacy/athlete/diversity) might be unfairly claiming a disproportionate share of admission slots at top colleges, the actual data shows that there really aren't very many of those priority applicants, so the admission preferences they get don't actually have much impact on non-priority applicants. The table at pages 299-300 does a nice job at showing what the impact of removing those priority preferences would be.

Here is a thread I've been using as a repository for this sort of info as I come across it: http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/73599.page

Maybe some others will find this as interesting as I do. If anyone finds other good studies, I'd really appreciate it if you'd PM me a link.[/quote]

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