<p>well guys, I take the SATs tomorrow!</p>
<p>wish me luck!</p>
<p>…luck!</p>
<p>twisted, I am sorry, I know you did not make up that story but I kind of got lost with my words, by made up I actually meant post.</p>
<p>Poetgrl thanks.</p>
<p>Also, everyone, I would like to hear more true stories. Also twisted, it would be cool if I could keep in touch with you.</p>
<p>Hmm, I wonder if they did that with Bill Gates, haha.</p>
<p>did what with bill gates?</p>
<p>"this is why I was complaining about being Asian</p>
<p>Do Elite Private Colleges Discriminate Against Asian Students? - US News and World Report"</p>
<p>Whatever race you are, with a 3.4 or a 3.5 you didn’t have a shot at an elite private college anyway. If you want to construct an argument against affirmative action that’s one thing, but the fact that Harvard and Princeton give a bump to Blacks doesn’t hurt you at all. And I don’t think they do the same for grad school admissions, so you shouldn’t be harmed there either.</p>
<p>yea, all I wanted to know is that even though I missed the train in high school, it is possible for me to go to Harvard for grad school</p>
<p>Theoretically, yes. If you do very well in college they’re not going to say “well, he was a bad student in High School, so we’re not going to admit him.”</p>
<p>Protagonist, it is all up to your performance. When I was at a top 3 law school, there students came from over 150 colleges, many of them obscure, and the application did not ask anything about HS. You have a clean slate in college–fill it in right and the future is unlimited!</p>
<p>hope I make an 1800 or above on them</p>
<p>It’s worrisome that this student has a chip on his shoulder. He needs to deal with that first and foremost or success will be difficult to achieve - what’s really bothering him? What does he or she really want?</p>
<p>To stay in one place for four years and to feel like they fit in would be my guess. Also, a sense of accomplishment.</p>
<p>poetgrl said it right</p>
<p>Also agree. I don’t see any reason that the OP cannot find a college/uni in a region of the country other than the south. But OP, you need to focus on the next step. Find an undergrad school you like and can afford. Do as well as you can there. Do not obsess about grad school before you finish undergrad. It’s fine to have a goal, but keep your eye on the ball, then keep your eye on the goal.</p>
<p>yea…</p>
<p>hey guys, I need help on a question, I have a cousin who lives in Connecticut and he is graduating with a 4.0 GPA. He lives in rich neighborhood and unlike me he never had to put up with racism. </p>
<p>Do you guys think that in high school some people have a better situation than others? Does it ever come back to haunt those people in the long run?</p>
<p>Protagonist-- You need to find a therapist. Really. You need to work through your feelings of having been wronged and to begin to be able to see all the advantages you’ve had in life. Right now you are allowing your life to be diminished by people who may or may not actually WANT to diminish your life. The best thing you can do for yourself is to stop giving them so much power over your mood and feelings and to begin to see the ways YOU can make your own life better and the ways you can achieve the things you want. The most important thing you can do for yourself in this application process is to not focus on the negative stuff and to begin to get a sense of your own strengths. This isn’t about other people, it’s about you. You really need to keep that in mind or you will lose even more opportunities in the future. Good luck to you. You are not the first person to be wronged in life, and many people do empower themselves and go on to make a difference.</p>
<p>I agree with poetgrl. Don’t take it the wrong way. I was the same, once.</p>
<p>Guys, I really do not mean to sound like a whiner but I just wish I had the opportunity to go to a regular high school and live in a better more hospitable environment than the deep south. Life here is literally hell for me, I know 2 other Asian kids that lived here but they moved out when I was in the 10th grade…</p>
<p>Being called gook, chink, and other racial slurs on a daily basis is difficult and being jumped here and there for telling someone to stop with the racial slurs is worse. I mean how many high school students have to put up living in this type of an environment?</p>
<p>I don’t need a therapist, I need a miracle.</p>
<p>First of all, if you are being called those names then you are a victim of hate crimes, and your parents need to do something about it, including bringing an attorney into the school with you and maybe even to the police station. If you are in the deep south (whatever that means), then there will be civil rights attorneys in the nearest big city who will help you with this.</p>
<p>But you also need a therapist. You ARE going to get out of there, and you are never going to have to go back there, but you also need to get over having been there, and for that you need and deserve the opportunity to have someone understanding to talk to who is not on a message board or the internet, someone who can look at you and tell you that this is not about you.</p>
<p>Miracles are in short supply, but good colleges outside the South are not. Get a realistic grasp of your chances and your financial needs and get going. You are a long way from grad school</p>