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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you can see how being Asian Am. is a strike against your child when it comes to some college admissions.

The only way around this is:
1. apply to a university that has low Asian Am. numbers
2. your kid has to bust his/her a$$ to not only get stellar grades/scores, but also have amazing e.c., solve world hunger, and cure cancer.

The other option is to choose a good state university that doesn't look at race. This is what I'm telling my kids to do.

My half Asian children are smart, in a magnet program, and they do have e.c.; one loves performing arts.  Even so, their background is a strike against them when applying to certain universities.  [/quote]
This is good advice. Love your in state option and make sure your dc knows it is just fine to go to UMD etc. Top 20 is tough for Asian kids especially Ivies. For perspective 7% of Asian American students have SAT scores above 1500. In a magnet program everyone has SAT scores above 1500. It is really hard to stand out and many Asian American students don’t have the kind of hooks elite schools like (parents who attended as undergraduates, recruited athletes, first generation college student etc.). 
For what it’s worth OP my ds was upfront about his Asian heritage. He was not going to hide it and certainly never going to lie about it. He just hoped that whoever read his file would do so without prejudice. He got into great schools (not top 20) and decided to attend UMD.   He has many bright, high achieving, creative, social, funny caring Asian American kids who will be joining him. These kids don’t see themselves as two dimensional. Frankly my main concern as a parent isn’t that my child might get shut out of an Ivy   I am more concerned that they might internalize the negative stereotypes about high achieving Asian American students as preppers, introverted, lacking in creativity and intellectual curiosity etc.   That can be very damaging for a young person. [/quote]

I believe Asians students with high stats who focus less on IVs and more on slacs will have a very good outcome.[/quote]
IMO, the problem is that many want to major in something like CS, and SLACS aren't really known for their stellar CS programs.

Also, even within SLACS, it depends on the program. My niece, who is Asian, wanted to major in Bio at a great SLAC.  There are lots of Asian female Bio majors in these SLACS.

Basically, you either have to major in something that's not popular within this group or go to a univ. that doesn't look at race.[/quote]

CS is usually taught at SLACs. And they do a better job IMO. They are not usually “impacted” like they are at UC schools. [/quote]
Which SLAC has a great CS program reputation?  I'm not talking Harvard level, btw.[/quote]

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