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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The likability thing is probably one of those surveys where you choose an option. And then write about why you chose it. The interviewers could be be writing things that are underhanded. Or maybe just saying things like "Jane was rather polite" as opposed to "Jane was rather polished" make a big difference to the committees?  I'm sure there is inside slang[/quote]

What are you talking about??
The interviewers actually gave higher points to Asians students.
It was suddenly flipped big at the admissions committee.

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We all know interviews are nearly irrelevant. Why do we expect the interview score to correlate with any other scoring? The AO says ‘unlikeable’ it’s based on essay or LOR and things the interviewer didn’t access.  DP[/quote]
And teachers and counselors can be biased against Asian Am. students, just like AO.

It's like heresay or gossip. They are categorizing these students as "likeable" based on someone else's feedback, which again, can be biased.

If you left a job where your immediate team members hated you for whatever reason, and your future employer sought feedback from your previous teammates, they would probably mark you as "not likeable". I'm sure that would not make you happy.[/quote]

Then you don't use them as references, just like you only use teachers who like you and will give you a rave recommendation.  Whomever you select to do your LOR, you are trusting they will give excellent ones.  But someone else with good scores and good GPA may get a stellar recommendation that tips the admission choice to them.  that is how life and the college admission process works.  I cannot imagine suing because my kid did not get into a college (and my kids are asian).  also cannot imagine suing because I didn't get along with someone on my team at a job---I would simply search for a new position within or at a new company.  I don't sue a company because someone got a promotion over me, and likely got it because they are best friends with a higher up or their parents know upper management, etc.  I recognize that while I have plenty of excellent connections in life and am privileged, that there are plenty more people who have even more privilege and connections.

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