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Ok.  Where to start?  First, your English is perfect.  If your kids had a hard time learning English, which I doubt, it's because you chose to speak a different language at home.  It wasn't because you didn't understand/speak English like many poor immigrants.  My DC's best friend's parents have a hard time communicating with me and can't help their kids at all.  They also don't have the financial means for tutors.  Those kids deserve equity points.  Your kids, not so much.  My friends are from Sweden, they chose not to speak English at home, their kids do extremely well in school because the parents are well educated...Do you really think their kids are much more deserving of equity points because they speak another language at home?  [/quote]
Thank you for complimenting my English. When I came to the US, I didn't understand what people were saying. In the car, I started listening to NPR because they talk non-stop and do so clearly. I borrowed audio books from the library and listened to them at home. Why can't poor immigrants that you refer to listen to NPR and audio books and take free English courses? There are plenty of them online and on the CDs that can be borrowed from the library. Pre-COVID, they used to have free in-person English classes in the libraries. When the resources are readily available, it's a personal choice what to learn or not to learn. [/quote]

Well that means that the “experience “points that your kids deserve are because you have to renew your visas and driver license yearly? Oh and no extended family or relatives? Give me a break. Ok who is next, who struggle more? Probably the family without cleaning person, or the kid that have to go grocery shopping after school? [/quote] These points are irrelevant to my kids. I’m just saying that an immigrant who had no support system and English language skills deserves more points than a person whose parents and grandparents were born in the US. [/quote]
As a immigrant myself and my kids without any Family around and tight budget  I completely disagree with you. I decided to come to this country and immerse in it and be part of it without any special treatment of any kind, because I truly believe in meritocracy and in my abilities and capacity and above all it was my decision. [/quote] Ok, do you think that the special treatment Aka experience points should go to people who were born here, only because it wasn’t their decision to come to this country? What is their experience about - to be born in the wealthiest country and not move anywhere else?[/quote]of not! The admission should be only base on merits, no race, no experiences, no languages, no anything just test and GPA. Who are you to tell me that the experiences of your kids are more valuable that a white kid born here with all the money and privileges? You don’t know if that kid saw the killing of their family? Of if is a kid that is from the Appalachian that recently move to the area? Or who have more “experience “ a black or brown kid upper middle class growing up in NOVA vs. appalachian white kid with a single household? This is a good example of why could not be race driven, and just should be given admission to pure merits.[/quote]

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