Asians at W&M

pedsox
Tue, 02 May 2006 07:41:37 +0000

Cavalier, lots of good points! My thought is that it’s just too bad that the Dean of Admission at UVA or William and Mary will not read these posts and decipher through all the babble and BS of it all. Ttgiang, Dude!!! Chill…I had to read all of your posts very slowly just to try and figure out what the heck you were trying to say. No offense but you could have summed that up in maybe three or four sentences. Of course there are different types of Asian’s from many different socioeconomic levels! And as one poster pointed out, there are many white Americans who come from difficult backgrounds as well. OK, that is the purpose of the college essay…it is your opportunity to point out your particular situation. Give the admissions offices more credit than your post refects. Trust me, they know more than you or I know about all that we have been discussing. The original poster asked about Asians at William and Mary, concerned that there was a small number of them at our school. Once again, “The number of Asians and minorites at ANY college is in DIRECT relation to the number of QUALIFIED Asians or minorities, who apply and if accepted CHOOSE to attend, and it is INDEED reflective of the number of Asians and minorites in that particular STATE, particularly if it is a public school”…That is the bottom line! And I have to say that ICARE confused the issue a bit by implying that excluding Asians was intentional by colleges. ***??? The more I think about that one the more I have to raise the BS flag. No, nobody answered that question for me as to why a larger percentage of Asians at any school would be a problem. All of these long, drawn out answers are just a smokescreen to the real issue which is why there are small numbers of Asians at William and Mary. Cavalier, I like the fact, and have noticed that you always stick up for William and Mary and UVA. This lets me know that you are a true Virginian, as in reality there is no rivalry between the two schools. They both totally rock. Back to studying for exams. Peace out everyone!