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Is that for alumni, not incoming students?

• nyrikki 3y ago
  Currently, the Ivy League institutions are estimated to admit 10% to 15% of each entering class using legacy admissions. Add that to the zip code correlation that is the strongest indicator of SAT scores and it does matter. Students without parents that are college graduates are also at a disadvantage no matter what their potential is. It is one of the barriers to social mobility.
  • laverya 3y ago
    > Students without parents that are college graduates are also at a disadvantage no matter what their potential is. It is possible both for SAT scores to predict a person's potential to contribute in cognitively demanding fields AND for there to be a strong correlation between SAT score and parental income/zip code/etc. In fact, this is true even of a theoretically perfect measure that can somehow peer into the future of every prospective student were they to be admitted. Is there some reason you expect that the children of people who did not go to college will have the same level of potential as those born to college graduates? Would this hold true of the children of professors, or Nobel winners? Is there any place for 'nature' in your worldview, or is it purely 'nurture'?