- SES differences in highly-most competitive colleges are wider among students who do not have school earned marks of distinction.
- For all the resources that occur in high SES-schools they offer substantial benefits to high-SES students but none to low-SES ones.
- This study identifies potential in schools to compensate for family resource inequalities. Schools with IB programs appear to be successful in ensuring that the benefits of this program reach low-SES students.
- Private schools also appear to have social resources that benefit low-SES students just as much as high-SES students.