Harvard, Princeton Targeted in Asian Discrimination Probe

Re:Harvard, Princeton Targeted in Asian Discrimination Probe by Shenglong on Thursday February 02, 2012 @05:51PM (#3544890)

Have we considered, that maybe the reason Asians need higher entrance scores, is because they end to have the same qualifications?

I'm going to be a little racist towards my own race here, and tell you what I've observed recently.

Most Chinese Females... 1. Play piano and/or violin 2. Take pictures of food 3. Probably applying to sciences

Most Chinese Males... 1. Plays a racket sport - probably badminton (myself included) 2. Only works out upper body 3. Probably applying to engineering

I never scored perfect SAT marks, and yet I still got my acceptances just fine, because I did so many things most Asians don't do. If the people doing these assessments actually spent time at elite campuses, they would understand better.

Filing a complaint for not being admitted with a 2400 SAT score is ridiculous. I wouldn't want that kind of person in my class, that's for sure.

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Re:Harvard, Princeton Targeted in Asian Discrimination Probe by benmccann on Thursday February 02, 2012 @09:01PM (#3545394)

If that were true then the admissions forms should not be asking about race. However, college admissions are explicitly race biased and use this information on incoming applications to alter the distribution of the student body from the distribution that would result in a race-blind admissions process.

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Re:Harvard, Princeton Targeted in Asian Discrimination Probe by ernestipark on Thursday February 02, 2012 @07:45PM (#3545256)

I believe this is absolutely true. I've heard from a real admissions officer at an elite school that too many asian applicants just look exactly the same on paper. Schools are looking for diversity, not just ethnically, but in interests and talents as well.

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Re:Harvard, Princeton Targeted in Asian Discrimination Probe by pradocchia on Thursday February 02, 2012 @09:37PM (#3545470)

SAT scores above a certain threshold can become a negative signal, if they aren't paralleled by equally exceptional performance elsewhere. It suggests a certain misallocation of effort. "Why did this person spend all his time on the tests?"

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Re:Harvard, Princeton Targeted in Asian Discrimination Probe by keyu on Friday February 03, 2012 @01:02AM (#3546016)

It is really ridiculous that in the US you think it is a fault if someone works pretty hard in study.

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Re:Harvard, Princeton Targeted in Asian Discrimination Probe by Dylan16807 on Friday February 03, 2012 @03:35AM (#3546354)

I did pretty well on the SAT and as far as I'm concerned studying for it is a giant waste of time. Go out and learn something. Don't prep for a single test.

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Re:Harvard, Princeton Targeted in Asian Discrimination Probe by burlburrbrian on Friday February 03, 2012 @12:45AM (#3545965)

Where you live where you observe all of this? I can see how these generalizations hold truth, but on the other hand, I think it would be a shame to see the typical AA stereotype of test-taking, soulless machine, piano/violin prodigy being reenforced.

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