<p>I was rereading the study last night. It was published in 2004, but looks at SAT scores and admissions data from the 1980s, 1993, and 1997. It looks at recruted athletes, legacies, Hispanics and African Americans. Based on the 1600 pt. 2 part SAT there are some big points awarded to these groups, basically at the expense of Asians. Hispanics were found to be awarded 185 pts., AA-250 pts., recruited athletes-I think it was 160, legacies-100, I believe. The study was done by two Princeton professors and looked at “selective/exclusive” schools only. The biggest bump w for students in the 1200-1300 range on the SAT 1.</p>
<p>I have seen the same steering towards the midwest that you mentioned. I saw this with both my sons when I looked for appropriate colleges on college board. </p>
<p>I also spoke by e mail with a college counselor that is familiar with the issue. She said a lot has changed in the past decade or so, with many Hispanic families having higher incomes. She felt any big bump would go only to low income, immigrant families.</p>
<p>I see some bump for my younger son on mychancesdotnet at some schools, but not much of a bump at top tier schools. The bump is mostly at smaller, private LACs. For most schools, it seems that the student has to meet the bare minimum on SAT scores, and then there is a good bump in the chance of admission, but it is not like you can get 600s-650s on the SAT 1s and get into the Ivys.</p>
<p>I really do recommend setting up a profile for any interested student on mychancesdotnet. The scattershot graphs regarding admissions are quite amazing, and the graphs can be arranged by variables such as GPA, number of AP classes, URM, SAT combined, etc. etc. The graphs can be plotted for any college also.</p>
<p>I would love to hear from anyone else who has knowledge of this subject.</p>
<p>Thanks again, entomom!</p>