How Rich (or Not) Do You Have to Be to Get Into the Ivy League?

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@NiceUnparticularMan

I note this means despite the relatively high admissions rate for applicants with high scores in the 0-59 range, they were still attending at, say, about 1/7th the rate of kids in the 80-94th range. Because, again, very few actually get those high test scores in the first place.

I agree with the description of the analysis. I don’t think we can assume that few low income students achieving high test scores is the primary reason why relatively few low income kids attend Ivy+ colleges, particularly in a test optional environment. For example, some studies have found that kids who are high scoring and low income kids rarely apply to selective colleges (see https://www.nber.org/papers/w18586 ).