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Re:People from elite backgrounds increasingly dominate acade... by frognumber on Monday July 11, 2022 @03:08PM (#32060362)
If it was merely higher rates, I'd agree.

However, Harvard admissions keeps a special list of ALDC students and admits from that list. It's not that there are no standards, but the standards are much, much lower.

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Re:People from elite backgrounds increasingly dominate acade... by gnicholas on Monday July 11, 2022 @04:10PM (#32061148)
> the standards are much, much lower.

Is this true for children of faculty? I realize it is certainly true for the A (athletes) and D (donors' kids). Are there any sources that break the standards/cutoffs out by subgroup? These are very different groups of applicants, and I would be surprised if they were all subject to the same processes.

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