In a recent year, approximately 15,000 high school seniors in the US had at least one parent who attended graduate or professional school and scored at the Ivy League median on the SAT verbal section, while fewer than 100 students had neither parent complete high school and achieved this same score
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“there were roughly 15,000 High School seniors in the United States one of whose parents had attended graduate or professional school who scored at the ivy league Median on the SAT verbal scorp if you ask how many kids in the country were there neither of whose parents graduated high school who scored at the ivy league median the answer is that the tail at that point is so thin that statistical techniques are unreliable but if you crunch the numbers it's under a 100”
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Meritocracy, economic turmoil, and the broken promises of the West | Daniel Markovits FULL INTERVIEW— The Institute of Art and IdeasCreated: 8/11/2026, 5:29:15 AM
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