How likely is it that children who grow up in very poor families go to college? How about children who grow up in very rich families?

We’d like you to draw your guess for every income level on the chart below.

If you think the chances of enrolling in college (or vocational school) are about the same for everyone, you should draw something like this: . If you think the odds are especially harsh for children from the poorest families, but higher for middle- and higher-income children, your drawing would instead look like this: . Or here is one for a situation in which chances level off after a certain income threshold: . Or for one that spikes or dips for the very richest.

When you’ve finished drawing, we’ll compare your line to the reality for children born in the early 1980s, based on research by a team of economists. We’ve started you off with one free point: 58 percent of children who were born in the early 1980s and raised in median-income families enrolled in higher education by the time they were 21. One way or another, your chart should go through that point.

Time to draw!

Draw your line on the chart below

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Free tip: Your line should go through this point.

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