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But it looks at all students (not only those that make it into the Ivies), so Jewish whites, that are only ~4% of all whites, have a minuscule effect on white S
by car_analogy 5y ago
But it looks at all students (not only those that make it into the Ivies), so Jewish whites, that are only ~4% of all whites, have a minuscule effect on white SAT scores. Yet, for non-Jewish whites, comparatively higher SAT scores have not translated into higher Ivy enrollment.
- AussieWog93 5y ago>Jewish whites, that are only ~4% of all whites, have a minuscule effect on white SAT scores On average, yes. At the Ivy League level, though, they account for a solid third of the white admissions. I'm sure you'd find a similar overrepresentation in the top few percentiles of the SAT.
- car_analogy 5y ago> I'm sure you'd find a similar overrepresentation in the top few percentiles of the SAT. Even supposing this is true, it still doesn't answer the question: Since non-Jewish whites do better at the SAT than Blacks and Hispanics, why does this translate to lower, not higher, Ivy enrollment rates? The data clearly shows: higher SAT scores help every group except non-Jewish whites.
- AussieWog93 5y agoI get the general point about the affirmative action, but it's important to remember that it's not just Whites getting the short end of the stick. Asians are absolutely underrepresented too.