Is it harder to get into UVA if you’re Asian?

[Anonymous]

I know it’s common knowledge that there is anti-Asian bias at top privates like the ivys, but what about top publics like UVA. Anyone have any experiences, insights, or thoughts?

[Anonymous]

Yes. It is harder.

[Anonymous]

Yes

[Anonymous]

Is this true at all highly selective colleges?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this true at all highly selective colleges?

I’d say it’s harder for any selective college that has an over representation of Asians relative to the population

[Anonymous]

Probably, as it is at basically every college institution 🙄.

[Anonymous]

Yes, in general and particuarly in NOVA.

Of course there could be some exceptions, such as 1st gen folks (Filipinos in VA Beach area come to mind).

[Anonymous]

Yes

[Anonymous]

Yes, of course.

[Anonymous]

So many people saying yes, but I’m curious, where’s the evidence?

[Anonymous]

Asians have a higher admission rate that caucasians according to the charts on their website.

[Anonymous]

Not sure how to get an image, but here is a try.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So many people saying yes, but I’m curious, where’s the evidence?

“ According to research from Princeton University, students who identify as Asian must score, on average, 140 points higher on the SAT (out of 1600) than whites to have the same chance of admission to private colleges. They must score 450 points higher on the SAT than African-Americans. This is the “Asian Tax” that some refer to and, while this research’s direct quantification of bias might be interesting, the fact that Asians have to do better academically than others to get admitted into selective US colleges shouldn’t come as a big surprise to anyone somewhat familiar with college admissions.”

https://thespikelab.com/the-asian-tax-in-college-admissions/

[Anonymous]

So.much.evidence.for.decades

“ Extensive evidence that Asian American applicants must jump a much higher bar to gain admission to elite universities than applicants from other groups and that they have been the big gainers where affirmative action has been dropped has long been available and should no longer surprise anyone. For example, in a widely discussed Wall Street Journal article back in 2006, Is Admissions Bar Higher for Asians At Elite Schools? Daniel Golden (the author of last week's Business Week article linked above) noted a Center for Equal Opportunity study finding that Asian applicants to the University of Michigan in 2005 had a median SAT score that was "50 points higher than the median score of white students who were accepted, 140 points higher than that of Hispanics and 240 points higher than that of blacks."

https://www.nas.org/blogs/article/lets_be_frank_about_anti_asian_admission_policies

[Anonymous]

The chart posted above makes it pretty clear that it’s NOT harder for Asians to get in.