Asians at top colleges

jaycee32
Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:47:15 +0000

often times people say that there is a slight disadvatange to being asian and applying to a top school lower because generally there is some pretty stiff competition in terms of raw data (e.g sat scores and gpa). admissions committees do not want to admit the huge percentage of qualified asian applicants, and so it may be perceived as more difficult for an asian with simply good raw data to stand out amongst the excellent scores.

additionally, it is perceived as more difficult in very densely asian areas of the country (like parts of california, new york, etc) because of the sheer number of asian applicants.