Asians' chances?

forgottenhawk
Thu, 21 Jul 2005 21:41:15 +0000

"Because its asians like you who start worrying about college in the 8th grade and study all the time that give asians a bad image

Oh… and also, the competition"

Eh…don’t bash the kid that much. Admittedly, I started worrying about college in 8th grade too, haha, although I am a rising sophomore at the moment, which, I suppose is young, but I feel if I started now it would have been kind of late.

I am Chinese too, and I guess I can speak for the Asian population. From a very young age, like 4 or 5, parents are like “GO TO STANFORD, GO TO STANFORD, GO TO STANFORD,” particularly if you live in California. That’s what I hear from some of my other Chinese friends about their families.

It’s not really HARDER for Asians. It’s just the fact that Asians are so common in the applicant pool that being Asian offers no benefit toward the Admissions process, whereas if you were an URM (Under-Represented Minority), you’d probably get a few bonus points.