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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“A large new study, released Monday, shows that [u]it has not been because these children had more impressive grades on average or took harder classes.[/u] They tended to have higher SAT scores and finely honed résumés, and applied at a higher rate — but they were overrepresented even after accounting for those things.”[/quote]

this is about the 0.1%.  But to me that is not the interesting story.  the interesting story, which the author of the article mostly ignores (she has one sentence) is that the[b] 60-99% percentile is the loser.[/b][/quote]

:roll: Really? That's what you've taken from this. It's admission [b]rates[/b]. The majority of applicants are going to be in the 60-99th percentile income range. Of course they are going to be accepted at a lower rate...there are more of them. If you look up the composition of college campuses, though, I'm sure you'll find that they make up the majority of students.[/quote]

Exactly!  the majority of kids in the 5-50% range do not have T25 schools on their radar.  They grow up with a plan to attend CC then transfer to a state school (for affordability), and if really lucky attend all 4 years at a state school if they can afford it.  They are not obsessed with attending Elite schools, so they don't apply.    [/quote]

Except the article says they accounted for this, and these students are still disadvantaged:

Before this study, it was clear that colleges enrolled more rich students, but it was not known whether it was just because more applied. The new study showed that’s part of it: One-third of the difference in attendance rates was because middle-class students were somewhat less likely to apply or matriculate. But the bigger factor was that these colleges were more likely to accept the richest applicants.[/quote]

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