Good test scores aren’t enough to get you into an Ivy League. You have to be rich, too.
Students from high-income families are more than twice as likely to be accepted into “Ivy Plus” schools compared to their peers from low- or middle-income families with comparable SAT or ACT scores, a new study shows. The higher admissions rate leads to an extra 103 students from families in the top 1% in a typical class of 1,650 students, compared to the benchmark.
