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by the_lego 1051 days ago
Presumably that is why mean SAT scores are included - to show that despite having higher SAT scores than Black and Hispanic undergraduates, non-Jewish White undergraduates have a significantly lower acceptance rate.

But even ignoring SAT scores (which, when they favor Whites, are dismissed as racist [1-6]), showing the true representation is not irrelevant - it serves to dispel the carefully curated false impression that Whites are over-represented at the expense of minorities, documented in my other comment.

[1] SAT math scores mirror and maintain racial inequity - https://www.brookings.edu/articles/sat-math-scores-mirror-an...

[2] For years, the SAT has come under attack for having a certain bent. From the Harvard Educational Review to the Princeton Review, the measurement tool has been called a "white preference test." - https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sat-system-needs-reform_n_853...

[3] The History of the SAT Is Mired in Racism and Elitism - https://www.teenvogue.com/story/the-history-of-the-sat-is-mi...

[4] As our country grapples with its heritage of white supremacy, educators need look no further than the SAT for an example of how systemic racism perpetuates itself. - https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/views/2020/08/17/h...

[5] Dismantling White Supremacy Includes Ending Racist Tests like the SAT and ACT - https://www.tcpress.com/blog/dismantling-white-supremacy-inc...

[6] The California system has become the biggest and best-known American institution of higher education to step away from the use of the two major standardized tests, citing charges that they disadvantage students who are poor, black, and Hispanic. - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/23/us/SAT-ACT-abolish-debate...