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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi!
I was recently told by a friend of mine that Asians and Indians are discriminated against in the application process.  Apparently their scores are downweighted while others are upweighted so that everyone scores look more comparable.  If this is true, what can you do if you are Asian/Indian to ensure that you can go into a top university.  Also how would the school know if you were Asian/Indian besides self-reporting?  
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Definitely apply to Vanderbilt. It is a great school, extremely fun, great looking student body, great academically. In short, if you are an Asian/Indian-American kid who is well-rounded, socially not-awkward your total undergrad experience will be great there compared to being a gunner at HYPSM.

It is unique amongst its peers in the top25 in that Asian/Indian enrollment is much lower in comparison to its peers. A lot of it has to do with Vandy's image as being an 'old money southern school', which is true, but Vandy administrators are doing an active job in trying to change that image.

It is overlooked a lot by Asians/Indians from the coasts so you are competing against less similar candidates while at the same time the admissions staff at Vandy wants you more than at other top25 schools due to the demographic differences between vandy and those schools.

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