<p>@Affe</p>
<p>I’ve obviously hurt your ego, and I am sorry for that. But i feel compelled to clear things up here.
First of all, “Asian” applicant does not mean the stereotypical, high scoring super geek. That was twenty years ago. Now days, ALL applicants are well rounded and are good at everything. You and I have more similarities than you think. We are both from small towns in Texas and have received state recognition in multiple sports. But you are much better “applicant” than I am for several reasons and one of them being race. I NEVER said that was the only factor, but I strongly believe it is truly disingenuous to bring up your stats, “2010 SAT, no ap scores…but CA essay was a major factor”, and not state the fact that you’re a low-income Hispanic in a single parent household. It gives many applicants the wrong idea of college admissions. And you wanted examples? Just look at the Stanford Results threads over the past couple years. </p>
<p>The worst assumption that all of you have made is that I’m against this! I fully support Stanford’s and all other school’s Affirmative Action admissions. Even if it will screw me over come April, I understand that many people like you do not have the resources or the background to score well on tests and other measures of academic prowess. However, I’m sure you’ll be the next Sonia Sotomayor. Just understand the fact that there are many more talented, and some say even more deserving, students out there who will not get into the schools you have/do. And once again, I am OK with that; that is college admissions at its core.</p>