<p>Haddon1267, you misunderstood me. I did not mean to imply that professors had a low opinion of Chinese students. It's just that applications from China are read differently because the culture is different and the competition is so keen.</p>
<p>lullinatalk, it's not just Chinese applicants who submit unsolicited material in an attempt to distinguish themselves from the crowd. There are plenty of reports about domestic Ivy league applicants using similar strategies, and their extra submissions are ignored just the same. When only 1 in 10 or 1 in 20 applicants gets admitted, it's a natural reaction to try to make your application stand out by adding a "unique" element. </p>
<p>Or were you referring to the cap on Chinese admits when you said they "deserve to be treated the same way everyone else is"? Getting rid of such a cap seems like an extraordinarily bad idea to me. The student bodies of prestigious universities might turn 80% international in just a few years if college admissions was done nationality-blind and purely based on merit. American universities are to serve American students first and everyone else second.</p>