The biggest change comes from fewer people reporting multiple ethnicities / races. For the class of 2024-2027, 10% of the population reported more than one ethnicity / race (e.g., Hispanic and White or Black and White). For the class of 2028, this dropped to 1%.
This could be because MIT admitted fewer biracial / multiracial students, or it could be because more biracial / multiracial students decided to report only one of their identities this year.
tristanjones on
Going to guess most of that non reporting is white
arvada14 on
I’m sorry OP but this graph is giving me cancer. It’s not beautiful at all. There are a million things going on, and you have to spend so much time decoding what it means.
I don’t know what everyone’s stance on affirmative action is, but I want to bring it back so you never had the idea of displaying this data in this way
RowRowRowRobert on
The way you made each bar’s “starting point” the same as the “ending point” of the previous bar makes this so annoying to read.
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The biggest change comes from fewer people reporting multiple ethnicities / races. For the class of 2024-2027, 10% of the population reported more than one ethnicity / race (e.g., Hispanic and White or Black and White). For the class of 2028, this dropped to 1%.
This could be because MIT admitted fewer biracial / multiracial students, or it could be because more biracial / multiracial students decided to report only one of their identities this year.
Going to guess most of that non reporting is white
I’m sorry OP but this graph is giving me cancer. It’s not beautiful at all. There are a million things going on, and you have to spend so much time decoding what it means.
I don’t know what everyone’s stance on affirmative action is, but I want to bring it back so you never had the idea of displaying this data in this way
The way you made each bar’s “starting point” the same as the “ending point” of the previous bar makes this so annoying to read.
What an ugly way to present data
Not sure the reason for the discrepancy, but I noticed multiple sources reporting that White enrollment had increased instead of decreased, for instance from [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/mits-black-student-enrollment-slides-affirmative-action-supreme-court-rcna167622](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/mits-black-student-enrollment-slides-affirmative-action-supreme-court-rcna167622)
Aka, who has been discriminated under affirmative action? We all know the answer but it’s good to see some data.
I feel like I’d need to go to MIT to enjoy this graph.
I feel this is almost the most confusing way to present this data.
I wonder how the average SAT score for an admit has changed