Asian Disadvantage

ems124
Sun, 03 Aug 2014 18:57:23 +0000

Just like many others have said, yes there is a disadvantage with being Asian and applying to college. This was extremely evident when my brother was applying for college in 2011. My brother and I were born in Miami and have been raised here our whole lives even though Miami is mainly populated with people of Hispanic descent. My brother selected Asian on his college apps and was waitlisted to MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, and Dartmouth while others in his grade who were Hispanic were accepted and they did not have as high standardized test scores, gpa, rigorous classes, extracurricular activities, or leadership positions. I am in no way trying to be racist or put down people who are Hispanic, I’m just stating an experience that happened to my brother and he was told by his guidance counselor that the reason for him not getting accepted could strongly be because he put he was Asian and was competing against other Asians coming straight from China, Japan, Korea, etc. Even though I consider myself Asian because my grandparents are from India and China, my parents were born in the Caribbean and that is what I am going to put on my college apps. I think it would be best if you did not identify your race on your college apps, I do not know if this would help your chances or lower it, but its another option if you think you might not be accepted because of your race. I thought this article was interesting and even though it’s a few years old, I still think it still applies today:

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I wish you the best of luck in high school and college career, I hope this helps