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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/college-acceptance-rates-ivy-league-schools-wealth.html

Basically it seems athlete, monied donor, first gen (the new proxy for race), legacy are about it.

I hate the examples that so many books give for how the balance the athletic “allotment” - they may need a piccolo player in the band. I was in the band at an Ivy; it’s run by the students and there is zero interaction with administrators other than permission to play at games and rent buses. It is nothing like the bureaucracy advocating for athletics. I guess MAYBE at a Big10 school with world class marching band?  But theater and music and debate teams at T25 schools aren’t coordinating with admissions about their future slots or participating population, that’s just a polite fiction, there just isn’t enough administrative support to even make those assessments let alone factor into admittance.

I think the article is actually under reporting the[b] dead zone salary - $222k in manhattan?!  I’m guessing probably $150k to $500k — they are looking for donors and two Fed employees making $180k [/b]aren’t going to be writing big checks. [/quote]

Gee, many people would love to have the "dead zone" problem. There are actually first gens and/or low income families who are struggling to pay for their kids school lunch. Many families would love to make $225k or be in a double income $180k family with a lifetime fed jobs. [/quote]

Admissions and Financial Aid officers who make $45,000 a year love hearing from people explains they are getting royally screwed because they “just” make a quarter million dollars a year but they live in an ultra expensive area.[/quote]

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