<p>The U of C does not give any scholarships “geared” toward a specific race or ethnicity. Frankly, Asians are not under-represented students at the U of C or at most other top schools, so if scholarships are used to increase diversity (which, as I’ve said, I doubt they are–at least as a sole or primary purpose), then they should be used to increase the numbers of black, Hispanic, Eastern European, Alaskan, whatever students. The fact that your friend is half-Asian means nothing… Lots of students and applicants are Asian. Anecdotes are not evidence or proof, especially only two anecdotes (not to mention the fact that the only two actual posters who have posted here who have gotten merit scholarships from the U of C are white). If CNI’s friend got a scholarship geared toward Asian or Asian-American students, it was probably from an outside source.</p>