Stop generalizing, this "white" parent did none of the above and intentionally kept both children off of ADHD meds, even when their colleges were trying to shove it down their throats. Both children made it into the colleges of their choice on their own and succeeded med free and are successful independent young adults per suing their dreams. I am an upper class white parent, and we are all not the same. Stop it. |
Perhaps you should tell other posters to stop calling Asian American students "drones", "robots" and "soulless" and how their parents "force them into cram schools" and "encourage them to cheat". You see how hurtful hurling generalizations can be. Yet, it goes on obsessively unchecked against Asian Americans without a second thought. |
Asian American college students don't speak English? I was clearly referring to non-citizen international students. |
White black Asian students can be drones robotic soulless anti-social. It's not racist. It's just not ideal characteristics that elites want on campus. Elites ask for you to list extracurriculars & essays because they're looking for smart (obviously) outgoing leaders who make fast friends. If they wanted 4.0 perfect SAT students there would be no need to ask for anything but transcript and SAT score. Anti-social grinds destroy a campus vibe. Period full stop. |
You have not been reading this thread and other similar threads if you are going to deny the above stereotypes are used as "talking points" against Asian American students and that they are not used in describing white or black students. In fact, those bigoted stereotypes are used to justify the racial discrimination against Asian Americans in college admissions. |
You mean the "outgoing leaders who make fast friends" who are bull shit artists who con the main street people and cause financial crisis and cause wars just to line their pockets. |
I wish people realized this sooner. There's no way that the scores alone will be the sole basis for admissions. What the schools will obviously do is pick random idiosyncratic things to create their class. |
+1 Not unlike the same excuses elite univ. used years ago to limit Jews. |
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Almost. They are also more likely to send some of their ill-gotten gains to their alma mater.
"You mean the "outgoing leaders who make fast friends" who are bull shit artists who con the main street people and cause financial crisis and cause wars just to line their pockets." |
Well it is the year 2017 and that has clearly been flipped on it's head. Jewish students are now 29% of the population at Harvard and non Jewish whites are 13%. Jewish students are the most over represented group. Since Jews make up 2% of this country and non Jewish whites make up more than half the population, all Harvard has become is a place where just another group of self serving hypocrites are controlling admissions. Admissions should not be based on the color of your skin, your culture, your religion etc. Harvard would never be able to reveal the admit rate of Jewish students vs non Jewish white students it would be something like 75% vs 2%. Nothing has changed at Harvard. |