Being Asian a Disadvantage?

Applying to College
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<p>“This is SAD. You are a disgrace to your culture.”</p>

<p>No, I am immensly proud of my culture. I just don’t want it to be used as a tool to unfairly weed out people.</p>

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<p>You aren’t proud. It is evident in the way you speak of AA and how it is out to get Asians. You act like Asians aren’t going to go anywhere in life if they check the Asian checkbox. You know, not everyone can get into the Ivies, so get over yourself on how it is because of URMs that Asians have a disadvantage.</p>

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<p>“You aren’t proud. It is evident in the way you speak of AA and how it is out to get Asians. You act like Asians aren’t going to go anywhere in life if they check the Asian checkbox. You know, not everyone can get into the Ivies, so get over yourself on how it is because of URMs that Asians have a disadvantage.”</p>

<p>i’m not arguing against urms. I am arguing against the college admissions procedure. I don’t believe that marking down Asian is going to help, thats why I suggest you don’t mark it down on the app.</p>

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<p>Obviously glucose is colorless. You’ll know if you
ever got an IV drip.</p>

<p>You have the right not to disclose your race or the color
of your skin, just as you have the right not to disclose
your sexual preference, handicaps etc.</p>

<p>Don’t know about gender.</p>

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<p>what if your last name is chang?</p>

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<p>thanx i’ll probably leave it blank and i just wanted to share something about the top three in my school last year

  1. indian
    lots of clubs, sports, leadership, volunteering
    sat score 1570
    rank:1
    rejected all ivies
  2. chinese- saludictorian
    sports, clubs, leadership, volunteering
    sat score: 1560
    rejected all ivies
  3. black/african american-3rd
    2 clubs, no sports, no leadership, no volunteering
    sat score 1500
    accepted all ivies: including both princeton and harvard</p>
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<p>What about their essays?</p>

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<p>Just to balance things out, there was a Chinese guy at my school a couple of years ago who was a math/science whiz, and he got accepted into 5 Ivies and Stanford (the school he chose). No sports, average ECs to the best of my knowledge.</p>