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by adamsmith143 1433 days ago
Harvard has more students from the top 20% income percentile than the bottom 80%.
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This is true, but also doesn't conflict in any way with the 20% first-generation statistic. After all, the corollary of "20% first-generation" is that the vast majority of Harvard students do have one or more parents with a college degree.