UC Berkeley vs Stanford Asian Americans

beyphy
Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:47:24 +0000

However, the opposite is not generally provable either, in cases where opaque holistic admissions processes ensure that outsiders can never know for sure.



True, but if they weren’t opaque, they’d certainly be gamed. That would also give colleges a lot less flexibility in determining their incoming classes, a freedom they no doubt believe they should be entitled to.



The high school and college age population in the US is not as white as the overall US population.



The same point could be made towards Asians. If only 1 or 2% of Asians in the United States are college age, it would further support their heavy overrepresentation at universities, especially at the top ones. In light of that, Asians, not surprisingly, do extremely well in college admissions. Could they do better? Perhaps, but the fact that they could do better doesn’t mean that there’s active discrimination against them. (a claim which requires heavy evidence)