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Figure 3. Black matriculants as a Percentage of All College and Beyond Matriculants, by Institutional Selectivity, Actual and Hypothetical Percentages, 1989

Notes: "Hypothetical" is the estimated percentage of black applicants who would be admitted under a "race-neutral" admissions policy... "SEL-1," "SEL-2," and "SEL-3," indicate institutions for which the mean combined SAT scores were 1300 or more, between 1150 and 1299, and below 1150, respectively.
Source: College and Beyond

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