Children from families in the top 1% financially are more than twice as likely to attend an elite university than those from middle-class families with comparable SAT and ACT scores, a new study found
The research was conducted by Opportunity Insights, a group of Harvard researchers and policy analysts studying inequality. The researchers looked at the eight Ivy League universities, in addition to Stanford, MIT, Duke and the University of Chicago. The researchers set out to determine if the schools perpetuate privilege and how they could diversify the United States’ top earners by changing their admissions policies.
The study determined multiple factors drove the advantage: preference for legacy admissions, weight placed on nonacademic credentials, and athletic recruitment. The study also found the factors did not affect post-university outcomes but SAT and ACT scores and academic performance were both more accurate at predicting a student’s success after school.
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