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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t understand the problem.

A quick look at Harvard’s admissions data shows that 20.9 percent of admits were Asian American, which is far, far above the percentage of Americans identifying as such

Similarly, black admits were at 13.9 percent, which is a little above the national population. But there are fewer black students that do well academically in high school, so that’s a generous acceptance rate

Win-win for everyone fixated on race Asian Americans are over represented. Black Americans correspond to the national average. Most of the white kids are there because of rich kid privileges

Perfect

Not sure about the Native Americans though[/quote]
again, since when does a college have to reflect the total population?   Demographics of the total population doesn't have any bearing on Harvard admissions since the entire population isn't applying to Harvard.

Look at the total number of Asian American *applicants* compared to the total number admitted. That's the number you want to look at.  There are waay  more Asian Americans applying than URM.  The rate of admissions is much lower for Asian Americans than URM, and the scores of the URM are much lower.  So, it's not a win-win for Asian American applicants.  Data analysis is important.

Yes, they can apply to other schools, but that is not the point of the lawsuit or the thread.

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Ridiculous, outsized interest shouldn’t automatically translate to more seats. No doubt not only do more Asian Americans apply, they are more focused on STEM. Given that, the fact that they are over represented is very impressive, but these applicants are competing with themselves, and raising the bar in sub-categories like CS.[/quote]

The over focus on STEM is much more likely one of the top reasons they do not get admitted. Harvard is not looking to have 60%+ of their class be engineering majors.  So once the "slots for STEM/ENG are taken, they are looking to fill the English, art history, psychology, Spanish, women's studies, etc slots.  Same for all T25 schools. So yes, if you are an asian stem major, you are competing against all the other STEM majors (white, black, Native American, latino, asian, you name it you are competing against it) for a space.  Fact is more asians are applying for stem majors, therefore....once the slots are filled....  Not to mention that I know more top students/higher scoring/higher GPA intended STEM majors than humanities majors, so you are competing with kids with tip top scores as well[/quote]

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