How Harvard discriminates against Asian Americans in college admissions
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Anonymous
The name "Lin" in "Lin-Manuel Miranda" was inspired by a poem about the Vietnam War. So, you might say the author of Hamilton is an honorary Asian. |
Anonymous
I think that our system is better. You have to interview prospective professionals. There are many white men with great scores who mess up interviews and are denied admissions to prestigious schools. The schools will quicker give that "spot" to a less "qualified", but adequately qualified white man. My point is that there are white and Asian kids accepted to top schools who did not have the highest scores among the applicants. That said, I know of two Indian doctors who claim that they had the nearly the highest scores in India (not easy to confirm). Anyway, they work alongside an African American doctor who was probably accepted to med school because of affirmative action. She admitted that she did not even do very well in med school. She actually did not match in the residency that she wanted. She had to sit out a year after med school to do research, then she finally got a spot. She was a good resident and passed her specialty boards easily, just like all the other doctors in the practice. Now, the two Indian men have been sued twice each for malpractice. The African American woman teaches them some of the newer techniques that the specialty is using. They still haven't caught on partly because they are unmotivated, but also possibly because they don't have the skills. There is absolutely no difference between the set in terms of clinical knowledge. In the conferences where we discuss complications, and keep records, her poor outcomes are similar to theirs. Now, the big issue: their children. One of the Indian doctor's sons flunked out of a US med school. He said he hated it. The African American doctor's kids are still under 18, but they are performing much better than she did in school. One anecdote, but real story. Sorry if this angers anyone, but it is true. |
Anonymous
I think using the medical profession (especially doctors) as an example is a bad idea. With most other programs (eg Harvard Undergrad), it's more difficult to get in that to finish the program. With Medicine, it's likely the opposite. The African American doctor is not a bad doctor just because of her race or because she got in through Affirmative action. Anyone who got into med school without the necessary brains and determination likely dropped out or settled into an easier line of work like family practice. She's likely not one of them. I was the pp that posted about how admissions work in India. Here's more color to that. If you are a "forward" caste (e.g. Brahmin) you pretty much have to be in the 99th percentile to get in. I've know some geniuses not be able to get in. If you are "backward", depending on your backwardness, you may be able to get in with being placed in the 95th percentile or above. Even that is getting difficult as the power of education spreads (as it should) across the traditionally not-so-educated groups. Much like here, just because they got in more easily, does not mean they are idiots. I've dealt with many doctors from all caste/religious backgrounds in India and most are excellent. HOWEVER, there are several private schools that will admit you with the right amount of 'donation". As long as the school sets aside a certain quota of seats for the backward classes, they are fine to dish out the remaining seats the way they want to. Most are typically sold. Most of these private school doctors that paid for a seat start their own hospitals and imaging centers, marry rich and essentially become businessmen. Most of them will not be able to pass the admission tests for coming to the US for residency. The two doctors you talk about possibly paid their way through college and don't really belong in that profession (speculating here). Maybe they are older and not comfortable with newer tech. Who know.. There are many possible reasons that might explain their technical incapabilities. As far as malpractice goes, it's hard to opine not knowing what it was. Cutting off a hand instead of a leg (technical skill, likely an idiot, should not be a doctor) is a different kind of malpractice compared to taking pictures of a patient while they are changing clothes (moral issue, can affect anyone). When it comes to kids, I'm guessing the Indian doctor wanted his son to become a doctor and that was not what the boy wanted.. So he failed out of med school. However, I don't think a child's success failure has any correlation to the parents' background, abilities or profession.. |
Anonymous
Wasn’t the original Eliza half-Chinese? |