That’s true, if admissions is made much more class-based, it would make it much easier for poor white kids to get in. I would disagree on sex though — my unders

That’s true, if admissions is made much more class-based, it would make it much easier for poor white kids to get in. I would disagree on sex though — my understanding is that most top schools (save MIT and Caltech) have a female-enriched applicant pool. Private schools are allowed to discriminate based on sex (at the undergraduate level only), and some admit to doing so. That said, I am somewhat hesitant to ascribe much impact to the poor-white-kid effect. I doubt that most of these kids would even be aware of the recent changes. Maybe in a couple years word will get out (if in fact selective colleges do implement more class-based affirmative action, which is still an open question).