College Admission is not 'Zero-Sum'.

The article focuses on challenging the U.S. Supreme Court’s and Trump administration’s assertion that college admission is a "zero-sum" game, meaning one student's gain is necessarily another's loss. It argues that college admissions do not operate as a strict 1:1 competition, noting that many students with strong academic records gain admission to multiple institutions, and overall acceptance rates—including selective and open-enrollment colleges—are relatively high. The article highlights that zero-sum thinking is a broader social belief system linked to perceptions of scarcity and economic factors, but it does not accurately reflect the complexities of college admissions or the role of race in the process. It concludes by advocating for treating higher education as a public good to reduce scarcity and improve access. [Extracted from the article]