The lawsuit Students For Fair Admissions v. Harvard University provided an unprecedented look at how an elite school …-ALDCs. Removing preferences for athletes and legacies would significantly alter the racial distribution of admitted students, with the …

This paper examines the implications of college admissions criteria on students' academic and non-academic performance …-academic qualities. Comparing students admitted through each track, we find that DA students fare similarly in terms of academic … performance in university as marginal students admitted through the regular route. However, they are significantly more likely to …