The study conducted by Harvard economists showed those in the top 1% were 34% more likely to get into the college than other applicants while those in the top 0.1 percent were 50 percent more likely to make it in even with the same ACT or SAT scores.
students with parental incomes in the top 1 percent are 43 percent more likely to be admitted than students from the middle class.
The top three reasons researchers found this to be the case were schools’ preferences toward students with family members who have gone to the school before, recruited athletes and nonacademic ratings for students from private schools. The study analyzed hundreds of thousands of students as it drew from federal records for almost all students from 1999 to 2015, looking at college attendance and parental income. Standardized test scores were also seen from 2001 to 2015.
At public flagship universities, the researchers found the same advantages aren’t found for wealthier students. High-income and low-income applicants were just as likely to be admitted if they had the same scores.
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