Wealthy Students Disproportionately Admitted to Elite Colleges, Perpetuating Inequality

Students from high-income families are much more likely to attend elite colleges compared to similar students from low-income families.
Legacy admissions give an advantage to already privileged students from alumni families.
Factors like extracurriculars and personal ratings benefit wealthy students over academic merit.
Recruiting affluent athletes with lower scores also disadvantages those with high test scores.
Reforming admissions to focus more on academic merit could diversify student backgrounds.