不只是the Atlantic 揭发过这个，不少其他杂志也报道类似的，应该是可信的
中产就得守规则，富贵阶层可以改规则
下面是节选或者总结：
specialized and expensive sports like fencing, squash, sailing, and water polo function as a "back door" for wealthy students to gain admission to elite universities, disproportionately benefiting affluent, white applicants
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indicates that recruited athletes have a significantly higher acceptance rate at Harvard (nearly 90%) compared to the general applicant pool (around 6%), with athletes holding an academic rating of "4" being accepted at a rate nearly 1,000 times higher than non-athletes with the same rating. The analysis also notes that recruited athletes in recent classes are predominantly white (83% in the Class of 2025) and wealthy
