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Prepping is NOT cheating. 
Some posts have come close to making that equivalency so I want to comment on that.

Preparation for tests is hard work.
The reason some Asians score better on tests is because they work harder and put in more time than others. Whether you think that this is a waste of their time, when they could have been doing different extra-curriculars such as sports or writing a book, etc, does not take away from the fact that these students work and sacrifice for their goal. They deserve respect.

It is absolutely undeniably that right now many universities discriminate actively against Asian Americans, by restricting their numbers and thus holding them to a higher standard.
That is wrong. 
[/quote]And the kids who put in the time to master their EC (music, art, writing, a sport, etc, have also sacrificed for their goal(s).  And they definitely deserve respect.  The universities recognize that sacrifice and it's importance whether it appeals to you or not. [/quote]

I'm sorry, you haven't understood correctly the gravity of the situation.

I'm talking about well-documented cases where Asian-Americans (last names that are unmistakably Asian) has been refused admission with a perfect SAT score and stellar extra-curriculars (concertmaster in a national-acclaimed orchestra, for ex), whereas others of different races in the same-year cohort have gotten in with no hooks of any kind, lower GPAs, lower SATs, and no particularly astounding extra-curricular achievements.
A handful of cases have been picked up by the press over the years, and occasionally universities have reversed their decision.

We are talking about egregious cases, not grey-zone cases. The scandal is that there are many, many egregious cases, and that most of them are swept under the rug by the non-transparent admission practices of most universities. Plus, the Asian-American population is not a unified whole, there are various countries and cultures represented, which impedes their capacity to unite and put media/lega pressure. Also the Asian mindset is not of a complaining sort, and standing up to point fingers is definitely not an ingrained practice.

However, this may change...[/quote]

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