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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What’s the gist of this article/video for those who can’t see it?[/quote]

Has little to do with most the comments here about donut hole aid.
It's referencing the recent NY Times article which is a summary of this research paper: [url]https://opportunityinsights.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CollegeAdmissions_Nontech.pdf[/url]

Controlling for other factors, students already in the 1% are significantly more likely to be admitted to elite schools.

Students in the 1% are slightly more likely to apply, that explains 20% of the disparity.  Students in the 1% are more likely to attend if accepted that explains 12%.  But students in the 1% are simply more likely to be admitted.

This in turn breaks down into three categories.  They are more likely to be legacies, 46% (they also get a bigger legacy bump 5 fold for a legacy with income of $660k vs. 3 fold for a legacy with income $83k-$116k). They are more likely to be recruited athletes, 24%.  But the remaining 30% is simply that their files receive higher non-academic ratings:

[quote]The remaining 30% of the admissions advantage for students from families in the top 1% is explained
by the fact that they are judged to have stronger non-academic credentials (e.g., extracurricular activities,
leadership traits, etc.) than students from lower-income families. The relationship between parental income
and non-academic credentials is mediated by high schools. Comparing non-legacy applicants with the same
test scores, demographics, and parental income, Ivy-Plus applicants who attend non-religious private high
schools are twice as likely to be admitted as those who attend public high schools in affluent neighborhoods.
Conditional on SAT/ACT scores, the academic ratings of students from private high schools with high
admissions rates are no higher than those from public high schools, but their non-academic ratings are
much higher. Since children from the top 1% are much more likely to attend private high schools, these
differences in non-academic credentialing across high schools contribute to the income gap in admissions
rates to Ivy-Plus colleges.[/quote]
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