Legacy and Athlete Preferences at Harvard (2020) [pdf]
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HN comment orderHarvard has over $50 Billion in its endowment. If it wanted to expand its exceptional educational access across America, it very well could. Harvard is primarily a brand for wealthy people, and they need the non-wealthy cohort to justify the legitimacy of their degree. Harvard does have world class institutions, but that’s primarily to reinforce the brand they’re selling to wealthy alumni and donors who wants their kids to enter the exclusive club.
Table 5 and 6. If you're a random (non-ALDC) African American in the 30-40% (4th decile) range for academics you have the same chance of getting in as an Asian American in the top 10%. They each have about a 12% chance. > Our model of admissions shows that roughly three quarters of white ALDC admits would have been rejected if they had been treated as white non-ALDCs. If we're looking at how group membership affects acceptance rates, why not…
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| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
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| 2019-09-20 | Legacy and Athlete Preferences at Harvard [pdf] | mhb | 2 | 0 |
| 2019-09-21 | Legacy and Athlete Preferences at Harvard [pdf]First breakout | ibobev | 77 | 50 |
| 2023-06-30 | Legacy and Athlete Preferences at Harvard (2020) [pdf]Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | rbrown | 184 | 212 |