Table 3.
Simulation results: displacement of admission slots.
Percent admitted under | |||||||||
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Proxy-based affirmative action with weight on predicted likelihood of being a URM |
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Traditional affirmative action |
Passive affirmative action ban |
0.1 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.6 | ||
All applicants | Admitted under traditional affirmative action | 100 | 97 | 97 | 98 | 98 | 97 | 96 | 95 |
Admitted under passive affirmative action ban | 97 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 97 | 96 | 95 | 94 | |
Not admitted under traditional affirmative action | 0 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | |
Not admitted under passive affirmative action ban | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 12 | |
URM applicants | Admitted under traditional affirmative action | 100 | 83 | 84 | 87 | 90 | 91 | 91 | 92 |
Admitted under passive affirmative action ban | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 98 | |
Not admitted under traditional affirmative action | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 21 | |
Not admitted under passive affirmative action ban | 29 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 27 | 33 | |
Non-URM applicants | Admitted under traditional affirmative action | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 97 | 96 |
Admitted under passive affirmative action ban | 96 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 97 | 96 | 95 | 94 | |
Not admitted under traditional affirmative action | 0 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
Not admitted under passive affirmative action ban | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 |