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It could be said that there seems to be a one-sided Matthew Effect where more and more high-income students are chosen to enroll in prestigious colleges and are more likely to complete it as well. Meanwhile, low-income students are less likely to be chosen by selective colleges and the rate of low-income students that graduate from college has not apparently changed from past decades.
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