In their 2002 study comparing the average yearly income of students who had been admitted to and attended an Ivy League college with the average yearly income of students who had been admitted to but did not attend an Ivy League college, Alan Krueger and Stacy Dale found that:

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Krueger and Dale's study found that while Ivy League graduates did have a higher average income, this difference disappeared when controlling for personal characteristics like family background and SAT scores. This suggests that individual factors, rather than the institutional structure of the college, were the primary determinant of post-college success. Therefore, choice A (the individual matters despite an apparent disparity in opportunities between Ivy League and non-Ivy League colleges) is the best answer.

In Their 2002 Study Comparing the Average Yearly Income of Students