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Analyzing 685,709 first-year applications submitted to 11 highly selective schools across five cycles, results estimate 28% lower odds for Asian Americans to attend an Ivy-11 school than white applicants with similar academics and activities. The gap is larger for South Asian students (49% lower). 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Here we present the results from analyzing  \n685,709 applications submitted over five application cycles to 11 highly selective colleges (the “Ivy- 11”). We estimate that Asian American applicants had 28% lower odds of ultimately attending an Ivy- 11 school than white applicants with similar academic and extracurricular qualifications. The gap was particularly pronounced for students of South Asian descent (49% lower odds). Given the high yield rates and competitive financial aid policies of the schools we consider, the disparity in attendance rates is likely driven, at least in part, by admissions decisions. In particular, we offer evidence that this pattern stems from two factors. First, many selective colleges give preference to the children of alumni in admissions. We find that white applicants were substantially more likely to have such legacy status than Asian applicants. Second, we identify geographic disparities potentially reflective of admissions policies that disadvantage students from certain regions of the United States. We hope these results inform discussions on equity in higher education.  \nOver the last several decades, questions have been raised over whether selective colleges in the U.S. discriminate against Asian American applicants in admissions decisions1–9. In the 1980s, Brown and Stanford formed committees to audit their own admissions policies and practices1,2. Brown found evidence of discrimination in its admissions process; Stanford did not find clear evidence of bias, but could not fully explain its lower acceptance rates of Asian American applicants relative to white students. A 1990 report by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) investigated allegations that Harvard capped the number of Asian American students it admitted1. OCR found no evidence of an Asian quota, but concluded that Asian American applicants were less likely to be admitted than white students with similar academic qualifications. OCR further found that this disparity largely disappeared once recruited athletes and the children of alumni (“legacies”) were excluded from its analysis, suggesting the gap in acceptance rates was driven by Harvard’s stated preference for admitting students from these two groups6, 10, 11. Most recently, in a 2023 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that Harvard engaged in unconstitutional racial balancing, holding the Asian American share of admitted students to approximately 20%—though Harvard denied doing so. In the more than 30 years since the OCR investigation, there have been limited third-party, applicant-level empirical analyses of potential discrimination in college admissions decisions against Asian American applicants. Over this time span, both the demographics of the United States and the educational landscape have changed substantially. Asian American representation among K-12 public school students has more than doubled, increasing from 3% in 1993 to 7% in 202012, and the overall admission rate to Harvard has dropped from 18% in 1990 to 5% in 202013, 14. These changes suggest a need to reexamine college admissions policies for potential disparate impacts on Asian American applicants.  \nHere we analyze 685,709 first-year college applications submitted by 292,795 Asian American and white students to the “Ivy-11”, an 11-college subset of 13 highly selective colleges often included among the “Ivy-Plus”. While there is not an agreed-upon definition of “Ivy-Plus”, the “Ivy-Plus” set of colleges most often includes all eight Ivy League colleges (Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, ","cbCaikfvoMNBXv1W","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikfvoMNBXv1W","pdf",1000272,"English","# Overview\n## Data and scope\n## Estimated attendance disparities\n# Historical context and motivation\n## Prior audits and investigations\n## Changes in demographics and admissions rates\n# Mechanisms behind disparities\n## Legacy preferences\n## Geographic disparities","[{\"question\":\"What is the main finding about Asian American applicants’ chances at Ivy-11 schools?\",\"answer\":\"Asian American applicants had an estimated 28% lower odds of ultimately attending an Ivy-11 school than white applicants with similar academic and extracurricular qualifications.\"},{\"question\":\"For which subgroup was the disparity most pronounced?\",\"answer\":\"The gap was particularly pronounced for students of South Asian descent, with 49% lower odds than white applicants with comparable qualifications.\"},{\"question\":\"What factors does the study identify as likely drivers of the attendance disparity?\",\"answer\":\"The pattern is linked to two main factors: colleges’ preferences for children of alumni (legacy status) and geographic disparities that disadvantage students from certain U.S. regions.\"}]","The Disparate Impacts of College Admissions Policies on Asian American Applicants | PDF",25]