With the fate of Harvard’s affirmative action lawsuit in the hands of a judge, a new study stemming from that suit has raised more questions about the role of wealth, race and access in college admissions at prestigious universities.found that 43 percent of white students admitted to Harvard University were recruited athletes, legacy students, children of faculty and staff, or on the dean’s interest list — applicants whose parents or relatives have donated to Harvard.
The study also found that roughly 75 percent of the white students admitted from those four categories, labeled 'ALDCs' in the study, “would have been rejected if they had been treated as white non-ALDCs,” the study said. “Removing preferences for athletes and legacies would significantly alter the racial distribution of admitted students, with the share of white admits falling and all other groups rising or remaining unchanged,” the study said.The study was written by economists Peter Arcidiacono, Josh Kinsler and Tyler Ransom and looked at data spanning from 2009 to 2014. That data was made availablealleging Harvard intentionally discriminates against Asian American applicants in its undergraduate admissions.
The study also found that a white applicant who did not fall under any of the privileged categories with a 10 percent chance of admission would see a five-fold increase in the chance of admission if they were a legacy, a more than seven-fold increase if they had relatives who donated to Harvard, and a near certainty of being admitted if they were a recruited athlete.25.4 percent of its admitted class of 1,950 students were Asian American, up from 22.7 percent the year before.
They say this like someone should be shocked. Now the question is Harvard what do you have to say about this and what are you going to do to stop it?
Very wise corruption from a highly respected institution .
Benny_Switch What percent of minorities got in solely on pigment?
Unbelievable
deathtofascism_ All that. All that Affirmative Thievery. While the same folks decry even a hint, a slight wisp of Aff Action. All that and rich white parents still used bribery and paid SAT-fixers to get their raised-in-privilege and wealth kids into elite Harvard. It is literally never enough.
Ok not surprised
Duh.
Who thought otherwise? 🙄
Rich WhiteSupremacist Club!!
No shit NBC. what it your point.
All the best ppl, right? Admission earned on merit? Give me a break.
I don't hire Harvard grads. They are usually under qualified. Frequently the result of a quota or privilege.
Everybody knows this is how world works, it's not just Harvard it's all the big prestigious colleges and some smaller ones to some extent
And how many were affirmative action students🤔 How about good old fashioned MERIT 😉👍
Why include athletes with this bunch? One of these is not like the other. Throw enough criteria together and I'm sure you'll get a nice % 👌🏻
Maybe they know where money is
I’m gonna guess the same study will yield eerily similar results at most of the top 100 schools.
NBC loves these white bashing stories.
I didn't get in and my grandfather worked there.......ah grandpa could really cut some grass.
Racist NBC!!! So pathetic!!’
Duh
BS the are VIP s from all walks The so called important people Get an education Go to a community college 😝😝😝😝
So what?
EileenForBlue WhitePrivilege
Thats how endowments work NBC
You forgot artificial minorities. ewarren could remind you if interested
Now do Asians
Y'all really needed a study to know that...it's common sense, prolly more like 60%
What’s the percentage of Jewish students?
= hates white people
Sounds like a fun place.
How is that anyone’s business?
Now do David Hogg
Shocker 😴
THE FIX
So really, Harvard doesn't get the best students.
It’s a private university founded by white people! Duh. If everyone is as smart then they can start their own universities in... Tibet or the Congo?
This proves that it’s even harder for white students without those benefits, like myself, to get in. More discriminatory than for minorities
So instead of the 'fraud' scandal all they had to do was donate to Harvard and their kids would have ended up on the dean’s interest list?
And as I was reading this article, it suddenly dawned on me, 'People in authority do things to advance their own interest!'.
Duh
No wonder so many white Harvard grads I have met are so dumb!
Hey what if poor people of all colors and creeds have the most in common and decided to work together
I thought everyone knew this?
The other 57% are related to Lori Loughlin
Well that is how the system works. And alway has. Duh!!!!!
Of course. I'm sure you'll find similar stats with all IVy league schools. If it wasn't for legacy, how did you think Bush, jr got into Yale?
So favoritism... not surprising!!
Yes, we know. Tell that to the Asians suing the 5 blacks students who managed to get in.
😒
Can I get, “Shit nobody cares about” for $200 Alex?
Irony and Fact: the most woke people who think they are woke, are white males in the media.
Obviously that’s the only way half of white students can even get in these days.
I’m so shocked.... ...that it’s not higher
This says more about affirmative action than it does anything else.
Yet the crackers get mad about affirmative action when they are the largest recipients of it!
water is wet as well?
No shit.
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