Percent plans, automatic admissions, and college outcomes

Daugherty, Lindsay; Martorell, Paco; McFarlin, Isaac

doi:10.1186/2193-8997-3-10

Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: Percent plans, automatic admissions, and college outcomes

		RD sample: class rank +/- 10 percentage points of top 10%
		All high schools			High college enrollment HS		Low college enrollment HS
	All	All	Top 10%	Non-top 10%	Top 10%	Non-top 10%	Top 10%	Non-top 10%
*Demographics*
Male	0.48	0.35	0.32	0.38	0.35	0.39	0.28	0.36
White	0.27	0.40	0.43	0.37	0.60	0.53	0.16	0.11
Black	0.29	0.20	0.18	0.23	0.21	0.27	0.12	0.16
Hispanic	0.41	0.33	0.30	0.36	0.09	0.14	0.65	0.70
Econ. Disadvantaged	0.54	0.45	0.41	0.48	0.20	0.29	0.74	0.79
Limited Eng. Proficiency	0.13	0.08	0.07	0.09	0.02	0.04	0.14	0.18
Special Education	0.11	0.02	0.01	0.03	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.04
Nbhd HH Inc: Bottom Quartile	0.40	0.30	0.27	0.32	0.17	0.24	0.45	0.45
Nbhd HH Inc: Second Quartile	0.29	0.27	0.24	0.30	0.16	0.22	0.37	0.42
Nbhd HH Inc: Third Quartile	0.20	0.23	0.25	0.22	0.31	0.27	0.15	0.12
Nbhd HH Inc: Top Quartile	0.12	0.20	0.23	0.16	0.36	0.26	0.03	0.01
*High School Record*
10th Grade GPA	2.96	3.91	4.16	3.65	4.26	3.75	4.00	3.49
11th Grade GPA	2.95	3.92	4.18	3.66	4.28	3.76	4.01	3.48
GPA at Graduation	2.99	3.92	4.17	3.66	4.29	3.78	3.99	3.47
Recommended Diploma	0.67	0.82	0.76	0.88	0.67	0.86	0.90	0.91
Distinguished Diploma	0.04	0.14	0.22	0.06	0.31	0.09	0.08	0.01
Math exit exam z-score	0.23	0.83	1.01	0.65	1.08	0.80	0.90	0.43
Reading exit exam z-score	0.22	0.67	0.78	0.57	0.82	0.66	0.73	0.41
Took SAT or ACT	0.31	0.50	0.55	0.45	0.58	0.52	0.50	0.35
*College Outcomes (Year following Graduation)*
Enrolled in College	0.30	0.51	0.58	0.44	0.68	0.56	0.40	0.26
Enrolled in 4 Yr. College	0.20	0.45	0.54	0.36	0.66	0.48	0.33	0.16
Enrolled Private School	0.05	0.11	0.13	0.10	0.14	0.12	0.11	0.05
Enrolled Out of State	0.04	0.07	0.09	0.05	0.13	0.08	0.03	0.02
Enrolled Most/Highly Competitive	0.08	0.27	0.37	0.16	0.47	0.23	0.21	0.04
Enrolled at UT Austin	0.02	0.08	0.13	0.03	0.17	0.04	0.06	0.00
Enrolled at Texas A&M	0.02	0.06	0.08	0.04	0.11	0.06	0.04	0.00
Enrolled at a Flagship	0.04	0.14	0.21	0.07	0.28	0.11	0.10	0.01
Admission rate (not enrolled=100%)	0.93	0.83	0.78	0.88	0.73	0.84	0.88	0.95
Admission rate (drop not enrolled)	0.76	0.67	0.63	0.73	0.60	0.71	0.69	0.81
*College Persistence (within 4 years)*
Total Semesters at Flagship	0.28	1.00	1.52	0.49	2.07	0.77	0.62	0.05
Total Semesters at 4yr.	1.39	3.28	4.03	2.52	4.97	3.53	2.50	0.93
Sample Size	17,085	4,196	2,105	2,091	1,304	1,281	801	810

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