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The takeaway: the wealth gap in admissions is real and well-documented. But it is not uniform, and the schools that have made different choices have the data to show for it.
Full analysis here!
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Two students. Same SAT score (~1480). One from the top 0.1% of earners. One from the bottom 20%.
The wealthier student gets into an Ivy Plus school at 2.5× the rate. All figures adjusted for test scores.
Here's what the data actually shows 🧵
But the data cuts both ways.
At Harvard and MIT, low-income students are actually over-represented relative to top-1% applicants after controlling for test scores. At selective public universities, the wealth advantage essentially disappears.
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