Do Elite Colleges Discriminate Against Asians?

Re:Do Elite Colleges Discriminate Against Asians? by rdl on Wednesday April 24, 2013 @05:18PM (#5604039)

I've always wondered what happened if you lied, particularly if you had an ambiguous or misleading name.

(If you really wanted to manipulate the system, join/start the Kenya club at your high school or something, and claim to be deeply interested in exploring your African roots. Don't mention that they're from 150000 years ago and not 300 years ago. You could potentially even leave the race question blank, or write in that you find race a European-centric concept which doesn't reflect your humanity...)

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Re:Do Elite Colleges Discriminate Against Asians? by roguecoder on Wednesday April 24, 2013 @05:36PM (#5604147)

I was made uncomfortable enough honestly reporting my racial background I can't imagine kids actually doing that. I am of mixed race, had a culturally non-White upbringing, but look as White as Wonderbread. College was a very weird experience, because I felt like I was either unfairly infringing on the challenges of the students who were obviously minorities at my school, or I had to ditch most of my upbringing and pretend to be as White as I look.

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Re:Do Elite Colleges Discriminate Against Asians? by SPSteinbeck on Thursday April 25, 2013 @10:21PM (#5611154)

Just like a young Barack Obama. You could be president one day :)

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Re:Do Elite Colleges Discriminate Against Asians? by fyi80 on Wednesday April 24, 2013 @08:24PM (#5604949)

Care to guess how many African-American college applicants are white Jewish South Africans? Plenty.

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