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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]25% of Asian kids score 1400+ on the SAT.

Only 4% of White and 1% of Hispanic and Black kids do.

Asians are underrepresented at elite schools given their high grades and board scores.  [/quote]

But a lot of them get those scores because they go to cram schools. They're not naturally smarter or anything. And the problem with this framing is your premise is these scores are the primary criterion elite schools value -- or should value. They're not. And shouldn't be.

As it is, [b]Asian kids are WOEFULLY overrepresented and we really should cut back on them[/b]. [/quote]

They're trying their best.

But people are staying to notice the racism and shaking their heads.

Studying is as essential to academics as practice is to athletics.  American academics are not immune from competition and it kids have to compete.  If the argument is that Asians only do well because they try harder then why aren't you kids trying harder?  Their competition isn't the Asian kid next door, it's the Asian kid in China.
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For the same reason college coaches look beyond athletes that have had an enormous amount of coaching/practice already.  In many cases they are overcoached, overworked, and are already at their peak with no room to grow. [/quote]

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