Will being half-Asian work against my kids in top college acceptances?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There's no multiracial box? And is the last name a giveaway for ethnicity?

NP here and most Indian names have been shortened and can pass for white.

Most Indian names don’t pass for white.

That's a broad generalization. India has 20+ million Christians and the 3rd largest Muslim population in the world. Neither of those groups have "typical" Indian last names.

[Anonymous]

Asians are OVERREPRESENTED at Harvard by 4x. Despite what Asian parents want us to think, AOs are not discriminating against them. The real problem is that many/most of the high-scoring Asians want to go to the same small set of schools and major in the same subjects (engineering and CS).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Asians are OVERREPRESENTED at Harvard by 4x. Despite what Asian parents want us to think, AOs are not discriminating against them. The real problem is that many/most of the high-scoring Asians want to go to the same small set of schools and major in the same subjects (engineering and CS).

I disagree and have been proven correct by race-blind admissions to other top schools, namely the California Universities. Merit alone without race has given Berkeley and UCLA student populations over 60%. Look at race-blind test only high schools like Sty and Bronx Science at 75% Asian. Merit alone would have Harvard at 80% Asian.

[Anonymous]

This is such an aggrieved take it is shameful

[Anonymous]

Didn’t work against my kid at all. Got into multiple top 10 SLACs and UVA/W&M. And stop fretting about things outside your control. If your kid works hard, gets good grades, and gets good recommendations for teachers, they will do just fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is such an aggrieved take it is shameful

How so? It’s reality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Didn’t work against my kid at all. Got into multiple top 10 SLACs and UVA/W&M. And stop fretting about things outside your control. If your kid works hard, gets good grades, and gets good recommendations for teachers, they will do just fine.

What didn’t work against your kids? Being white, Asian or biracial?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Didn’t work against my kid at all. Got into multiple top 10 SLACs and UVA/W&M. And stop fretting about things outside your control. If your kid works hard, gets good grades, and gets good recommendations for teachers, they will do just fine.

What didn’t work against your kids? Being white, Asian or biracial?

Being mixed white/Asian.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Half-Asian, half-White here. I researched each school and picked white or Asian based on which was underrepresented.

This.

This. It's not rocket science.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids are half-White and half Indian. Can’t we just say white in applications?

No. And either way, you are screwed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids are half-White and half Indian. Can’t we just say white in applications?

Not if your child declares that he/she/they is LGBTQ+

otherwise my condolences on being a combination of two of the the most reviled races in college admissions

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Asians are OVERREPRESENTED at Harvard by 4x. Despite what Asian parents want us to think, AOs are not discriminating against them. The real problem is that many/most of the high-scoring Asians want to go to the same small set of schools and major in the same subjects (engineering and CS).

Do you have problems with the NBA and NFL as well ? or is overrepresentation as a percentage of population and not as a percentage of the applicant pool a useful trope you like to their out there only for college admissions?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Asians are OVERREPRESENTED at Harvard by 4x. Despite what Asian parents want us to think, AOs are not discriminating against them. The real problem is that many/most of the high-scoring Asians want to go to the same small set of schools and major in the same subjects (engineering and CS).

Do you have problems with the NBA and NFL as well ? or is overrepresentation as a percentage of population and not as a percentage of the applicant pool a useful trope you like to their out there only for college admissions?

NP here. Huh??? How are NBA and NFL relevant? Universities are creating an educational environment. Part of the is diversity in the student body. NFL and NBA are corporate enterprises. These are not comparable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Asians are OVERREPRESENTED at Harvard by 4x. Despite what Asian parents want us to think, AOs are not discriminating against them. The real problem is that many/most of the high-scoring Asians want to go to the same small set of schools and major in the same subjects (engineering and CS).

I disagree and have been proven correct by race-blind admissions to other top schools, namely the California Universities. Merit alone without race has given Berkeley and UCLA student populations over 60%. Look at race-blind test only high schools like Sty and Bronx Science at 75% Asian. Merit alone would have Harvard at 80% Asian.

There is merit in diversity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Didn’t work against my kid at all. Got into multiple top 10 SLACs and UVA/W&M. And stop fretting about things outside your control. If your kid works hard, gets good grades, and gets good recommendations for teachers, they will do just fine.

+1

Please don't think that these "woe's me" posters speak for all Asian Americans!