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> The central example of this is college admissions statements. Some kids have the advantage both of parents who can afford to give them the experiences that look good on such an essay (educational trips to Africa, lessons in two musical instruments, one-on-one golf coaching, that kind of thing), and who can hire tutors to "support" them in writing the essay.

This is an absolute disgrace. And then these are the people who lecture you on "inclusion".

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> This is an absolute disgrace. And then these are the people who lecture you on "inclusion".

Are they? Is there any evidence of correlation between these two groups of people?

A number of institutions promote both stances.

You can decide whether it's evidence or not, but almost everything Freddie deBoer has ever written about college admissions points in that direction and I personally trust him on this topic, among other things because he presents scientific evidence that the SAT is much more reliable than some people make out to be, and is much more resistant to private tutoring. (One thing the SAT doesn't do is keep Asians out, however.) A search for "Freddie deBoer college admissions" with your favorite non-AI-shittified search engine should find lots of articles.

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