The study — by Opportunity Insights, a group ofeconomistsbased atHarvardwho studyinequality— quantifiesfor the first time theextentto which being very rich is its own qualification inselective collegeadmissions.
The analysis is based on federal records of collegeattendanceand parental income taxes for nearly all college students from 1999 to 2015, andstandardizedtest scores from 2001 to 2015. It focuses on the eight Ivy League universities, as well asStanford, Duke, M.I.T.and theUniversity of Chicago. It adds an extraordinary new data set: the detailed,anonymizedinternaladmissionsassessmentsof at least three of the 12 colleges, covering half a million applicants. (The researchers did not name the colleges that shared data or specify how many did because they promised themanonymity.)
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专有名词注释
(1)Ivy League常春藤联合会（指美国东部八所学术和社会地位高的大学）
(2)SAT （Scholastic Aptitude Test）（美国）学业能力倾向测验
(3)ACT（American College Test）美国高等院校考试
注：SAT和ACT都可理解为美国的高考
(4)Harvard哈佛大学
(5)Stanford斯坦福大学
(6)Duke杜克大学
(7)M.I.T.麻省理工学院
(8)University of Chicago芝加哥大学
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生词卡
(1)elite[eɪˈliːt] adj.精英的 n. 精英
(2)admission[ədˈmɪʃn] n. [~s]招生
(3)qualification[ˌkwɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃn ] n.资格
(4)impressive[ɪmˈpresɪv]adj.令人赞叹的，给人留下深刻印象的
(5) tend to 往往会；趋于，倾向
(6)honed[hoʊnd]adj.精心打磨的
(7)résumés[ˈrezjumeɪ] n.个人简历
(8)overrepresented[ˈəʊvəˌreprɪˈzentɪd] adj.代表人数超出比例的
(9)account for(数量、比例上) 占
(10)admit[ədˈmɪt]v.准许……加入，招收
(11)economist[ɪˈkɒnəmɪst] n.经济学家
(12)inequality[ˌɪnɪˈkwɒləti] n.不平等
(13)quantify[ˈkwɒntɪfaɪ] v.量化
(14)attendance[əˈtendəns]n.上学
(15)standardized[ˈstændərdaɪzd] adj.标准化的
(16)anonymized[əˈnɒnɪmaɪz]adj.匿名化的
(17)internal[ɪnˈtɜːnl]adj.内部的
(18)assessment[əˈsesmənt] n.评估，评定
(19)anonymity[ˌænəˈnɪməti] n.匿名，不公开姓名
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参考译文
Study ofEliteCollegeAdmissionsData Suggests Being Very Rich Is Its OwnQualification
精英大学招生数据研究表明，极其富有本身就是一种资格
Elite colleges have long been filled with the children of the richest families: AtIvy Leagueschools, one in six students has parents in the top 1 percent.
精英大学向来挤满了最富有家庭的子女：在常春藤联盟学校，六分之一学生的父母属于最富有的1%群体。
A large new study, released Monday, shows that it has not been because these children had moreimpressivegrades on average or took harder classes. Theytended tohave higherSATscores and finelyhoned résumés, and applied at a higher rate — but they wereoverrepresentedeven afteraccounting forthose things. Forapplicantswith the same SAT orACTscore, children from families in the top 1 percent were 34 percent more likely to beadmittedthan the average applicant, and those from the top 0.1 percent were more than twice as likely to get in.
周一发布的一项新的大型研究表明，这并不是因为这些孩子的平均成绩更出色或选择了更难的课程。他们往往持有较高的SAT分数和精心打磨的简历，申请率也较高，但即使考虑到这些因素，他们的比例仍然过高。对于拥有相同SAT或ACT成绩的申请者来说，来自前1%家庭的孩子被录取的可能性比普通申请者高出34%，而来自前0.1%家庭的孩子被录取的可能性是普通申请者的两倍之多。
The study — by Opportunity Insights, a group ofeconomistsbased atHarvardwho studyinequality— quantifiesfor the first time theextentto which being very rich is its own qualification inselective collegeadmissions.
这项研究是由Opportunity Insights发起的，这是一个由哈佛大学研究不平等问题的经济学家组成的团体，该研究首次量化了在精英大学录取过程中，拥有巨额财富本身就是一种资格的程度。
The analysis is based on federal records of collegeattendanceand parental income taxes for nearly all college students from 1999 to 2015, andstandardizedtest scores from 2001 to 2015. It focuses on the eight Ivy League universities, as well asStanford, Duke, M.I.T.and theUniversity of Chicago. It adds an extraordinary new data set: the detailed,anonymizedinternaladmissionsassessmentsof at least three of the 12 colleges, covering half a million applicants. (The researchers did not name the colleges that shared data or specify how many did because they promised themanonymity.)
该分析基于1999至2015年间几乎所有大学入学和学生父母所得税的联邦记录，以及2001至2015年间的标准化考试成绩。研究重点关注八所常春藤盟校，以及斯坦福大学、杜克大学、麻省理工学院和芝加哥大学。该研究增加了一个特别的新数据集：12所大学中至少三所大学的详细、匿名内部招生评估，涉及50万名申请者。（研究人员并未透露共享数据的大学名称以及具体数量，因为他们承诺给予对方匿名保密。）
今天这篇文章值得积累的东西很多，大家会发现类似的话题在历年真题中经常出现。
建议大家把今天的专有名词都好好积累下来！
今天阅读起来怎么样？篇幅不短，但是难度应该还好哦~
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