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> Rich white young women (for those colleges that do AA based on gender)

Very few colleges prefer women. Of those that do, it's pretty much just the engineering focused ones and thus would pick up nearly as many Asian women as white women.

Generally, (weak) male preferences are more common given the general male underrepresentation in higher ed.




Also it mostly benefits legacies.

Legacy female +black with subpar SAT scores (despite having enough money for SAT prep) is a perfect candidate in Harvard’s eyes




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