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# Study on Harvard finds 43 percent of white students are legacy, athletes, related to donors or staff
- URL: https://werd.io/study-on-harvard-finds-43-percent-of-white-students-are/
- Published: 2022-11-01T15:35:17.000Z
- Updated: 2022-11-01T15:35:17.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:22

“43 percent of white students admitted to Harvard University were recruited athletes, legacy students, children of faculty and staff, or on the dean’s interest list — applicants whose parents or relatives have donated to Harvard. That number drops dramatically for black, Latino and Asian American students, according to the study, with less than 16 percent each coming from those categories.” Clearly relevant in the context of revisiting affirmative action. [#Society](https://werd.io/tag/Society)

\[[Link](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/study-harvard-finds-43-percent-white-students-are-legacy-athletes-n1060361)\]