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There is debate over whether Asian American students are admitted toselective colleges and universities at lower rates than white students withsimilar academic qualifications. However, there have been few empiricalinvestigations of this issue, in large part due to a dearth of data. Here wepresent the results from analyzing 685,709 applications from Asian American andwhite students to a subset of selective U.S. institutions over five applicationcycles, beginning with the 2015-2016 cycle. The dataset does not includeadmissions decisions, and so we construct a proxy based in part on enrollmentchoices. Based on this proxy, we estimate the odds that Asian Americanapplicants were admitted to at least one of the schools we consider were 28%lower than the odds for white students with similar test scores, grade-pointaverages, and extracurricular activities. The gap was particularly pronouncedfor students of South Asian descent (49% lower odds). We trace this pattern inpart to two factors. First, many selective colleges openly give preference tothe children of alumni, and we find that white applicants were substantiallymore likely to have such legacy status than Asian applicants, especially SouthAsian applicants. Second, after adjusting for observed student characteristics,the institutions we consider appear less likely to admit students fromgeographic regions with relatively high shares of applicants who are Asian. Wehope these results inform ongoing discussions on the equity of collegeadmissions policies.

The Disparate Impacts of College Admissions Policies on Asian American Applicants