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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Asian Americans have the highest SAT averages, AP scores, dominate class rankings but we have the lowest elite college acceptances.

Here is results of research from one of many articles:

The study found that, without affirmative action, the acceptance rate for African-American candidates at elite colleges would be likely to fall by nearly two-thirds, from 33.7 percent to 12.2 percent, while the acceptance rate for Hispanic applicants probably would be cut in half, from 26.8 percent to 12.9 percent.

White applicants would have seen little change in this analysis. Their admission rate would rise slightly, to 24.3 percent, from 23.8 percent.

The big gains would be for Asian applicants. Their admission rate in a race-neutral system would go to 23.4 percent, from 17.6 percent. And their share of a class of admitted students would rise to 31.5 percent, from 23.7 percent.

https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/...americans-and-admissions-elite[/quote]

Interesting that you use the verb “dominate.”  Asians shoot themselves in the foot with their goal of dominating every elite institution of higher education. When you come from countries that are deeply racist and have no tradition of pluralism, does it really surprise you that others prefer a different approach. Your kid will not face nearly the same barriers as most black or Hispanic kids just because they end up at UVA rather than Harvard.[/quote]

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