This is true. Various studies have been done which measure how much of college GPA and other such things can be predicted based on academic inputs.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;ftp.iza.org&#x2F;dp8733.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;ftp.iza.org&#x2F;dp8733.pdf</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.mindingthecampus.org&#x2F;2010&#x2F;09&#x2F;the_underperformance_problem&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.mindingthecampus.org&#x2F;2010&#x2F;09&#x2F;the_underperformance...</a><p>It turns out that &quot;underprivileged&quot; people actually do <i>worse</i> than what IQ and other academic measurements alone would predict.<p>If universities actually wanted to accurately choose the students most likely to succeed, they would penalize blacks, hispanics, males and people with low family income.<p><i>Second, IQ and race is a highly studied area and the differences are likely to do with many of the exact same factors that lead to socioeconomic inequality between the races.</i><p>If this is true, you should be able to run a multiple regression analysis which takes into account those &quot;exact same factors&quot; as well as race, and which accurately predicts outcomes. Further, the coefficient on race should be close to zero.<p>(This is the exact opposite of what is found in the studies I link above.)<p>Can you cite a study demonstrating this?